In Go Saddle the Sea, Felix Brooke, the orphaned son of an English soldier and an aristocratic Spanish mother, has been raised in the strict, loveless household of his grandfather in Villaverde, Spain. When Felix gains possession of a letter that contains a clue to the whereabouts of his father’s family, he gladly runs away from home to pursue the trail. His journey from Spain to far-off England begins the adventure of a lifetime.