This romantic historical adventure, featuring Queen Elizabeth of England and Sir Francis Drake, describes a mission of eighteen-year old Lady Anna, sent to the Caribbean to recover a love letter written by the Queen that, if revealed, could destroy England in a civil war. Ann and Vik Porridge are the pen names of the fantasy author Anna Kashina and her grandfather, Vladimir Keilis-Borok, a world-famous geophysicist and applied mathematician. This is the first publication of this novel in its original version.