Sylvian Mountjoy was one of those rare breeds of men who was quite happy in life and found very little to complain about. When he is pressed into service against his will and awakes bound in a ship with no idea where he is headed, he panics. What will happen to Mary, his wife? Will he ever see her again? As a clerk, he shouldn't be here, it was not allowed to happen!

Meanwhile, Mary learns the truth about Nathaniel's betrayal of Sylvian and longs to see her husband again and make sure he is safe.

With Sylvian's brother, Jack, and friend, Jonas, on a quest to find him in the new world would they ever be reunited again?

With no experience of being at sea, Sylvian finds that he can rise to the new challenge before him, and in fact, excel beyond even his own expectations. Will he survive?