Years have passed since the talented twelve-year-old Aramar Thorne, who is never without a sketchbook, last saw his father. Therefore, when Captain Graydon Thorne unexpectedly returns and asks his son to go sailing with him, it seems to Aram that the world has sparkled with new colors. Once aboard the Wavewalker, the boy tries his best to get along with the crew - especially with Second Mate Makasa Flintwill, a tough girl not much older than Aramar, who reluctantly takes over his patronage. But as soon as Aram has time to get used to the sea, their ship is attacked by ferocious pirates, and the boy’s life is turned upside down again. Trying to find their way home, Aram and Makasa meet on their way many creatures, equally terrible and amazing. To better understand the inhabitants of Azeroth, Aram draws them in his notebook and along the way makes the most incredible friends. Only the journey is hampered by Graydon's compass, which never points north. And if this compass does not guide Aram and Makasa home to a safe life, what fate awaits them at the end of the journey?