Michel was a poor young French man who was cruising to the United States to find the American Dream. His ship is attacked and burned by Atlantic pirates and he is rescued by a Navy Ship in the ocean. He thinks himself safe, finally, and on his way to the New World, when he is attacked and raped on the ship.Petty Officer Jeremy Martin, with the help of a few Marines, band together to try to see Michel safely across the ocean. Unfortunately the crafty assailant has better ideas.Friendships turn to love on the High Seas, but is there enough there to keep the two together, or will fate and law keep two men from finding their forever?