Sixteen-year-old Nixie lives with her father, whom everyone calls Captain Slate. He is an extraordinary person. First, it is all - literally from head to toe - covered with tattoos. Secondly, he is an avid traveler, and he even has his own sailing ship, Temptation. And thirdly, he is not an ordinary navigator, but a real time traveler... India of the 18th century, New York of the 21st, Hawaii of the 19th - it is not difficult for him to be anywhere, the main thing is that he has a map, preferably of that era and drawn by hand. For 16 years now, Nixie has been wandering with her father. And all the while, Slate is obsessed with a single goal - to return to Honolulu in 1868. It was there that he met Nixie's mother and only there he was really happy - until she died in childbirth... Time after time, card after card Slate tries to swim to the cherished island, but all to no avail. What is the reason for these failures? Why does Providence prevent him from being reunited with the love of his life? And what price will he have to pay for fulfilling his cherished dream?..