A deadly hurricane. A shipwrecked convoy. And an admiral determined to destroy Ramage before he reaches Jamaica.

Lieutenant Nicholas Ramage has been ordered to escort a merchant convoy across the Caribbean aboard HMS Triton. But the mission places him under Rear-Admiral Goddard, the powerful enemy whose vendetta against the Ramage family has already brought Nicholas dangerously close to disgrace.

When a French privateer attacks and a devastating hurricane scatters the convoy, Ramage must fight to protect his passengers and crew as ships are driven onto reefs and abandoned in hostile waters. Stranded on a remote island with Royalist refugees, merchant seamen and the survivors of the Triton, he becomes their reluctant governor - and their only hope of escape.

But the island conceals more than shelter. A cryptic poem points towards a pirate’s buried fortune, while Goddard waits in Jamaica for another opportunity to bring Ramage before a court martial.

From savage storms and desperate sea battles to shipwreck, treasure hunting and naval intrigue, Governor Ramage R.N. is a gripping Age of Sail adventure of courage, survival and one young officer’s defiance of overwhelming odds.