冒险始于1906年的旧金山,文学评论家汉弗莱在萨克拉门托渡轮。此后不久,在大雾中轮船与一货运船舶相撞。汉弗莱在水中漂流,半死不活最后被帆船“鬼”救起。这个猎人“鬼”听令于拉森,拉森将太平洋航行看作最喜欢的狩猎场,他是残酷的队长,没有任何同情心,他愤怒地拒绝把汉弗莱救上岸。为了生存,汉弗莱必须尽快适应航海世界无情而粗暴的法则。。This story starts in Italy very briefly, a young soccer player mother dies and the boy is forced to live in North America with Friends of the Mother. Burt Young is the Coach of the local team which help the young boy along while he deals with adjusting to a new country and getting scouted for a pro team.@。