The three-volume novel "Anthony Adverse" traces the fate of the hero from his illegitimate birth to his victory in the struggle for possession of the inheritance due to him. In the second volume, Anthony sets off for the New World aboard the good ship "Wapanoag" under the command of a drunken captain haunted by his past. Arriving in Cuba to force the repayment of debts to his benefactor John Bonifeder, he soon became entangled in a web of political and commercial intrigue that sent him to Africa aboard a slave ship. There will be a bloody massacre on the voyage, and trials of spirit and body on the Dark Continent; after all these adventures, a new Anthony Adverse will appear.