March 1812 - A Swedish fishing vessel sets sail from the Polish port of Danzig (Now Gdansk) en-route for the Swedish mainland. On board, two French naval spies liaise with the boat's skipper over their mission, to spy on the British garrison stronghold on Hanö Island in preparation for a fully-fledged French invasion.

The island of Hanö (pronounced Haner), located off the southern coast of Sweden, is home to a flotilla of British warships whose job it is to keep the Baltic shipping lanes open and engage any French vessels it may come across. Frustrated and angered by constant British successes at sea, the French have drawn up secret plans for an all-out attack on the island's stronghold.

Arriving on the island, the two agents link up with Napoleon's spy master, a local Swede, who has been selected to oversee their mission and keep them hidden in his cabin deep in the heart of the island's extensive forest. Whilst patrolling the sea lanes Captain James Carey, commander of His Majesty's Royal Navy frigate HMS Hector, sights a French brig sailing northwards towards the Swedish coast. On engaging the French ship, the brig strikes her colours and surrenders after Hector's first salvo. The French captain is killed and on questioning the only officer of the brig left alive, James becomes suspicious believing he is not what he claims to be. Further questioning of the French lieutenant convinces the English captain that he is a spy and holding vital information pointing towards an imminent French attack on the British island garrison.

A chance encounter at sea with Anna, the beautiful daughter of the fishing boat's skipper, leads James into a passionate affair where he discovers fate waiting to deal an unforeseen hand.

Devon 1775. A tale of infamy, smuggling and assassination.

A temporary rector arrives in the Devon village of Ashprington, but he's certainly not what he seems to his parishioners-to-be.

The church of St David in Ashprington sees the arrival of the Reverend Ebenezer Dunn with instructions from the French to spy on the bustling harbour of Dartmouth and to create instability amongst the inhabitants in the villages and hamlets along the River Dart. He embraces his mission with fervour, seeing it also as a means of fulfilling his desires to follow a life of self-indulgence and affluence.

Establishing links with Squire Roger Maddock of Darton Hall, a ruthless smuggling baron, Ebenezer forms a syndicate of smugglers from the village to undertake the hazardous smuggling contracts proposed by the squire.

The drums of war are beating in the American colonies and a treacherous member of the village pressures Ebenezer to gather more information for his spy master in Plymouth.

Hearing of a secret plan to bring King George III to the stately home of Saltram House, Ebenezer conspires with his spy master to bring about a disaster that would deliver a catastrophic blow to England and further fuel plans for an imminent invasion by the French.

Danny Adams has a story to tell and encouraged by his two grandsons he takes them back to the time when as a young lad of fifteen he and his gang vow to retrieve a precious notebook stolen from one of them by their arch rivals, The Frenchies. 

The notebook, containing priceless information of future horse race winners, leads The Frenchies into carrying out a devious betting scam and robbery where they get away with thousands of pounds. They stash their loot in an old woodcutter's shack deep in the dark confines of Bluebell Wood unaware that the shack is haunted by a terrifying one-eyed ghost. 

Liquid Len, an insipid and worthless member of the Frenchies gang, is shunned and then barred by them from taking part in the betting scam and robbery. Through vengeful greed he plans to snatch the notebook from them and then steal their loot from the haunted shack. A hot pursuit through Bluebell Wood entails as the rest of the Frenchies go after him. Danny and his gang pick up their trail and the chase is on.