This is the fourth book in the exciting Monroe Family adventures. Thomas Jefferson is president and Blackbeard is long gone, but new pirates from the Barbary Coast are terrorizing ships sailing around the Mediterranean Sea. In this fast-moving tale, an ex-slave and two cousins serve together to hunt down and stop dangerous pirates. The continuing adventure of the Monroe family follows Samuel and Jules-two nephews of Two Williams' William Monroe, as they weather storms, fight sailors, board boats and seek out a beautiful damsel in distress.