More mayem and misadventures follow Theodore Poussin after he's left stranded in Singapore, desperately trying to work his way toward a return passage to Europe. Things seem to be looking up when he inadvertently inherits a pirate ship and starts making a living peddling merchandise to various ports in the Pacific, until his fate catches up with him yet again. Soon he's wanted for murder, hiding out in opium dens, running from law enforcement with the help of mysterious new allies, and being recruited for a most unlikely mission on a faraway island...
