Keď Jackovi skríži cestu Angelica, tajomná žena z jeho minulosti, nemôže si byť ničím istý. Stále ho miluje, alebo ho len využíva pri hľadaní legendárnej Fontány mladosti? Situácia sa však ešte zhorší, keď je donútený nastúpiť na palubu lode Queen Anne’s Revenge, ktorej velí obávaný pirát Edward Teach, prezývaný „Blackbeard“. Jack nevie, koho sa má obávať viac, či Blackbearda, alebo záhadnej Angeliky a vydáva sa s nimi za nečakaným dobrodružstvom.

Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen's fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life...?

John Zinga, a descendent of slaves, has an ancient medallion around his neck and a fragment of song passed down generations. He is an English dockworker with a magnificent voice and a yearning to learn his roots.

Built in 1755 at the height of the French and Indian War, Braddock's Road was one of the nation's most infamous military roads. Traces of this historic route, in western Maryland, still remain, buried beneath soil and brush, and a team of archaeologists is on the hunt.