Since ancient times, people have encountered mysterious ghost ships in the ocean. Mysterious messengers from other worlds appear out of nowhere and disappear into nowhere. Agents of the New Inquisition - Forester and Diana - follow a bloody trail leading from the destroyed lair of a sect that practiced the most monstrous rituals. The trail leads aboard a ship that over the centuries has become the horror and curse of the North Sea. Here, among dead wood, dead iron and dead people, the final battle unfolds - the stake in which is the past, present and future of our civilization.