Now that Tortuga is in better condition--and the rum is well on its way--Captain Crowe and Sorrowful Barks let their eyes turn northward to Bermuda as they wonder what has become of their crewmates. Thomas Edge and Tarquin Cartier learn something more of their host, Sam Axe... and Mary Tucker, deep in the belly of Captain Goodrich's ship and half-way to London, begins her desperate plan to escape.