Leading his crew, Sandokan boards a ship and frees Dayak, a prisoner convinced that the pirate is the warrior of an ancient prophecy. Landing in Labuan in disguise, Sandokan meets Marianna, daughter of the English consul, and during a tiger hunt, clashes with James Brooke, a legendary pirate hunter.

Sandokan sets his sights on the Sultan's antimony mines. Brooke and Murray are hunting him. Marianne, shocked by the events, finally opens her eyes to the atrocities committed by the English in the colonies, and her worldview changes.