Marianna is celebrating her twenty-first birthday. Both Sandokan and Brooke are invited to the ball. Tension builds between the three, but Sandokan must first free Yanez and his crew, imprisoned in the dungeons, while trying not to blow his cover.

Sandokan and his crew find refuge in Singapore. Brooke and Murray are hot on their trail. During the Lunar New Year, Marianne discovers more human Sandokan connected to his roots. Tensions reach boiling point and the Sultan intervenes.