It's 1808 and Sweden is at war with Russia. The war is not going well.On land, the Swedish army is retreating continuously and all thatstands between the Russians and the Swedish mainland are the gunboatsof the inshore fleet. The sea war amongst the islands of the Finnishand Swedish archipelagos is a special kind of war, fought in open boatsby badly equipped men without proper training. Fighting the weather asmuch as the Russians, Lieutenant Johan Kuhlin commands a small squadronof three gunboats on special duty. During the short and wet summer, helearns that an independent command isn't all glory and that spies canbe more dangerous than Russian guns.
