Imagine Master and Commander meets Shackleton meets Moby Dick....These are the tones of adventure, history, and drama of The Journey. It is 1577. Richard Hartwell, a young English scholar, is persuaded to join Francis Drake's expedition to the yet-unexplored South Seas. In making this fateful decision, he embarks upon an adventure that not only takes him to the ends of the earth, but to the depths of his being. Leaving the comforts of English gentility, he encounters hostile shipmates, strange new lands, blistering sun, and freezing rain. To stay alive, he must survive fearful seas, angry natives, and fearsome Spanish conquistadors. To return home, he must choose what to follow: His sense of duty, his desire for revenge - or the wisdom of his own conscience.