"Isaac is a talented artist with no money. He runs into a rich Captain who is taken by his abilities and hires him to come along on his voyages. It turns out the Captain is a pirate. Isaac has embarked upon a series of at turns hilarious and dark adventures on the high seas from the Caribbean to the icy North, with apparently no end in sight. Meanwhile, his girlfriend is getting attention from another...

As for The Speed Abater, this shows Blain as a master story-teller of human emotion as well as suspenseful adventure." -NBM