Vanessa Aretin, the daughter of Captain Salt, lives at the very edge of the world: in a very young settlement lying on the other side of the endless sea, in a place many hundreds of miles distant from the nearest city. Few people know about her past. Few people know that Vanessa is a descendant of a once noble family, and her father, forced to spend almost all his time at sea, is a demoted fleet admiral. Few people know that Vanessa’s father was demoted for desertion when, trying to save his daughter from death, he ordered the frigate to weigh anchor and head for the Green Coast. Ten years have passed since then. Ten years of a calm and measured life, what Vanessa so wanted after the terrible tragedy that changed her life forever. But even after all these years, the nightmare returns to her. A terrible fate is pursuing the girl, about to once again bring down on her a series of tragedies and losses.