A na ve plan to run away and cruel misfortune puts twelve-year-old Robert and his best friend Michael on a British naval vessel.
Horrible squalls, a mysterious initiation at the Equator, and and untimely death during a perilous ro.
Now they must figure out how to survive in this harsh maritime world and find a way out, without getting shot as deserters.
When the boys are found huddling at the bottom of a lifeboat, they are forced into service and their hopes for an easy passage are crushed.
A na ve plan to run away and cruel misfortune puts twelve-year-old Robert and his best friend Michael on a British naval vessel