Nicholas's parents had taught him right from wrong, but bitterness and the lure of a sailor's life led him far from God. After years of braving storms and pirates on the high seas, Nicholas became desperately ill. As his wicked life stared him in the face, he remembered his Moravian friend Brother Josef, and the verses his mother had taught him as a boy. This historical fiction story is based on the life of a real eighteenth-century sailor.