" Betrayed by his treacherous brother, Sir Oliver Tressilian is captured by pirates. As a galley slave, he swears vengeance and eventually becomes Sak-el-Bahr, the Sea Hawk. Another adventure-filled pearl from the pen of Raphael Sabatini (and nothing like Errol Flynn's film, though that was good too). "
— Natasha, 11/8/2013