BEFORE JUAN CABRILLO LED THE CREW of the Oregon, before he proved himself time and again to be a good man in a storm, he led another life for the U.S. government--one he thought he'd left behind. And years before, on another ship, in 1821, a proud military leader makes the same mistake. Looking back at the island of St. Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte finds himself believing he can escape his past. But a present-day threat to the Oregon might give both men a second chance. When a bank heist during the Monaco Grand Prix decimates the Corporation's "offshore" account, Cabrillo must look to a woman from his old life for help. Together, they connect the Oregon's missing fortune to a rogue hacker and a ruthless former Ukrainian naval officer. What they don't realize is that the bank job is just the beginning of a much more brutal scheme. They'll have to delve deeper into history to understand the full scope of this new enemy's plan, one that would use a Napoleonic artifact to redefine the famed emperor's legacy and redraw the entire European landscape.