This book is about a Ship's journey from Southampton, England to Sydney Australia in 1959. The story focuses around certain characters aboard the ship - their conflicts with each other and their friendships'. Also, how their lives dramatically change and how and where they ultimately end-up. There is the Captain, who constantly has to chastise and break up arguments between Aleister McGregor who is a Scottish psychic/occultist, and the Jehovah's Witnesses. Also Johnny and the bikers who constantly create havoc due to their over indulgence of alcohol. Dr Spencer Hamilton Ph.D plays a significant part introducing hidden psychological overtones which ultimately helps save many lives including his own. This is a very unusual but fascinating story with hidden messages of how lives can be changed for the better.