In which the fierce comradeship forged in battle dissolves into a drunken revelry below decks, while aboard the Ghost, sharp minds spar over temptation and freedom under the watchful eyes of Wolf Larsen and Maud Brewster. Yet beneath the intellectual volley and turbulent human passions, a mysterious and unsettling affliction besets the ship’s master, compelling a desperate flight by way of the open sea with fragile hopes and new-found love.