The events of the novel unfold in the vast expanses of Oceania and Australia. It's the gripping story of a desperate search for a missing captain on land and sea, despite the machinations and machinations of devious villains. Among the prototypes of the main character, literary critics most often call the fearless Jane Franklin, the wife of the legendary Arctic explorer and the selfless wife of a captain from Nantes, whose story sunk into the soul of the future writer in his youth