What began as a drunken wager and voyage of adventure has become a desperate struggle for survival as the crew of the clipper ship Crucible find themselves caught up in the greatest cataclysmic event in human history. This is the account of their epic journey through a world torn asunder by famine, disease, and war as they sail the globe in an attempt to elude seven billion of the most dangerous animals on the planet. It is a sage that propels them from sunny Spain to the edge of Antarctica, Terra del Fuego and the Polynesian islands of the South Seas in their quest to seek a safe harbor and a place to call home.