A remote tropical island with a secret rocket testing facility in the middle of the Pacific - this is where Matt Anderssen works when one day contact with the outside world is lost. The last messages he received spoke of a terrorist act and a plague that could bring the world to the brink of destruction. Now, five thousand miles of ocean separate him from his wife and children, and Matt must return to them at any cost. Together with two friends, he embarks on an odyssey across the sea, where not only storms and pirates await, but also hopelessness and self-doubt.