Crime and adventure on the high seas Jared Kane is a West Coast
commercial fisherman whose life has been plagued by bad luck and
blackout drinking. When he inherits Arrow, an old 46-foot wooden
sailboat, he sees a chance for redemption. With his friend from prison,
Danny MacLean, Jared plans an offshore voyage, sailing from Vancouver
down the Pacific Coast to California and out into the South Pacific. But
that bad luck rears its ugly head: Danny is attacked and left for dead,
and when the unknown assailants attempt to finish the job, Jared is
forced to flee aboard Arrow with Danny lying helpless in his berth,
under the erratic care of his grandfather, a Haida elder who won't speak
English. On the search for safe haven with the would-be killers hot on
their tail, Jared finds himself with no good choices but to run south --
ill-prepared, poorly provisioned, and crewed by a silent old man and an
injured friend strapped into his bunk.