Follows Captain Jack Vespa through the dangerous adventures attending his search for his true parentage. Sent home after being wounded in the campaign in France in the winter of 1813, Vespa goes to live at Alabaster Royal, one of his family's several estates. When he discovers a stash of weapons in the catacombs beneath the family home, however, he provokes the senior Vespa's anger and his admission that Jack is not his son. Unless Jack can discover...