25th year of our era . Powerful Rome regains control of the seas infested with pirates, taking away their last chances to capture any prey. Despite their hard-won fighting skills, the pirates lose. Until one man, the captain of the "Trident of Poseidon", dares to challenge the Roman rule ... A huge fleet of pirate ships with black pennants waving in the wind, arrived at the pirate base in Petrapily . There are people on board who would rather cut each other’s throats than work together. They sailed from all over the Adriatic, reluctantly and with distrust, at the request of Telemachus, the new captain of the Trident Poseidon. They arrived, thinking that they were called by the fallen in battle Captain Bull, the predecessor of Telemachus, and not this young upstart. But Telemachus has information they can't ignore. Ravenna's fleet, under the command of the ruthless prefect Canis, took their jobs and devastated many of their shelters. The pirate brotherhood that once dominated the sea now lives in constant fear. Telemachus has a bold plan: instead of running or hiding, attack himself. The Battle of the Pirates in Blood . If they manage to lure warships out of Ravenna, the pirate force will outnumber the remaining Romans. Then everything will be possible. For every real pirate, there will again be a glimpse of the future in the Adriatic. And for Telemachus - a chance to save his brother Nereus, languishing in a Roman prison He has to do something or die, and in both cases he has nothing to lose ... except life ...