When Thorne's shot at Delaney's chest proves to have been sabotaged, Delaney fires at the second, killing him. Because the Crown had purchased the saltpetre, the Company pay the consequence for the theft. The Prince Regent decides to make matters difficult for the Company and sends George Chichester, a lawyer for the Sons of Africa, to investigate the sinking of the Influence, the slave ship that has been haunting Delaney’s memories and on which 280 people died.