The Caribbean, 1718. Elias Thorne is the most sought-after cartographer in Port Royal, living a quiet life surrounded by ink and parchment. His peaceful existence is violently upended when he is kidnapped by the notorious pirate Captain Silas Vane. Vane possesses half of a coded map leading to the legendary sunken Spanish galleon, the San Miguel, and needs Elias’s unique expertise to decipher the rest. Thrust into a brutal world of storms, treacherous reefs, and naval ambushes, Elias must transform from a timid scholar into a cunning survivor to claim the gold and his freedom.
