A book by the German writer Goetz R. Richter about the long journey of the ship's cabin boy Rudi Rotter. It's not easy for this good, honest, straightforward guy. But little by little, having experienced a lot of interesting things, overcoming many difficulties, having been in the most cruel alterations, Rudy finds his place among genuine, not fake, heroes. And when the ship returns to Hamburg from a long journey along the coast of Africa, we see that Rudi Rogter has forever linked his fate with those who, in the darkest hour of fascism, fought for the triumph of justice on German soil.