Sixteen-year-old Nixie lives with her father, whom everyone calls Captain Slate. He is an extraordinary person. Firstly, he is covered literally from head to toe with tattoos. Secondly, he is an avid traveler, and he even has his own sailing ship, “Temptation”. And thirdly, he is not an ordinary navigator, but a real time traveler... India of the 18th century, New York of the 21st, Hawaii of the 19th - it is not difficult for him to end up anywhere, the main thing is that he has a map, preferably of that era and drawn by hand Nixie has been traveling with her father for 16 years now. And all this time, Slate is obsessed with one single goal - to return to Honolulu in 1868. It was there that he met Nixie's mother and only there was he truly happy - until she died during childbirth... Time after time, card after card, Slate tries to swim to the treasured island, but all to no avail. What is the reason for these failures? Why does Providence not allow him to reunite with the love of his life? And what price will he have to pay for the fulfillment of his cherished dream?..