1400 AD, NEW JÜTLAND Hendrick van Kortrijk, a celebrated navigator and prodigious drunk, soured by nightmares and scarred by a half-year in bonds, is cast out by his estranged wife and charged with finding his soul. With naught to lose he signs aboard the kind of voyage most can only dream of. They are to chart the undiscovered coasts of West Aethopia and find a sea-route to the mythical kingdom of Malia, the source of most gold, spices and slaves that come across the deserts of Aethopia. The journey is frought with peril; they must sail through foul weather, hostile waters, the ire of a witch and colliding conspiracies to find what they're searching for… and all without a guarantee of ever making it home again.
