Gregoria is the captain of a pirate ship. Both King Carlos III and the Pope have put a price on her head. Aboard her ship in the Caribbean, she recounts her memories to her granddaughter, who is about to marry a viceroy. A prostitute and a countess are among the other characters to be found in this family saga which takes place during some of the most fascinating moments of the 18th century. Secrets, conspiracies, voyages, unhappy love affaires and murder in a novel whose heroine is Gregoria Salazar, a Gypsy, an Indian and a pirate, an epic character whose life is governed by her implacable search for freedom.