The British naval ship the Wager is wrecked on a desolate island off the tip of South America in 1740. The captain and crew struggle to survive and maintain order while battling extreme weather and their own human nature.
Many were enthralled by the luminous voice of John Ames in Gilead, Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Home takes place concurrently, this time in the household of Reverend Robert Boughton, Ames's closest friend.
In 1970s Hawaii, a local crime boss rises to power while battling to protect his ancestral lands, leading to an epic conflict that transforms the island's underworld and cultural landscape.
Lisa Briggs, archaeologist at Cranfield University, studies ancient shipwrecks using DNA analysis and scientific tools to uncover maritime trade history and stories of ships, crews, and cargo.