The year is 1786 and young Marin L'Emule is excited to be leaving Paris for a day by the ocean--that is, until he finds himself trapped aboard the merchant ship "Tromperie" mistaken for a stowaway. He must now endure the next six months alongside a cruel captain, his distrustful first mate, and two actual stowaways with a secret that threatens to destroy everything Marin believed to be true."