 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nyaya yacho inogumisa nokukurirwa kwaNapoleon paWaterloo, mugumo wokupedzisira wehondo dzaNapoleon kusvikira zvibvumirano zvasainwa muna July 1815. Aubrey naMaturin vakaenda kuChile muSurprise kunoparadza kutonga kweSpain ikoko, vachisimudzira sangano rokuzvimiririra, kuti vawane mubatsiri weBritain. Uku kupfuuridzirwa kwenyaya yakatangwa muGungwa Rakasviba reWaini. Aubrey anosangana naKaputeni Christy-Pallière semubatsiri, mushure mekutanga kusangana naye semutevedzeri uyo akamutora iye nechikepe chake musungwa mubhuku rekutanga, Master uye Commander. Dhaimondi raDiana rinokosha zvikuru, rinonzi Blue Peter, rakatanga kutaurwa muThe Fortune of War, rakashandiswa kudzorera Maturin kubva mujeri reFrance muThe Surgeons Mate, rakaiswa muThe Yellow Admiral kutsigira mhuri yavo kusvikira pfuma yaStephen yave kuwanikazve kwaari kuti atengezve, uye mubhuku rino, dhaimondi rakavigwa naye. 