Calvin Wiggins, the fifth son of a London blacksmith grew up with another boy destined to be a pirate, Condo Martin. Condo Martin's mother had died when he was young, and his father, once a master swordsman, drowned his sorrows in a bottle. As these two unlikely friends grew their paths went in separate directions. Cal became a master blacksmith, determined to take his skills to the untamed west in America, while Condo became a famous pirate.

In their final adventure together they must battle nature and a ruthless merchant ship's captain to get Condo a new ship, and Cal to the wild American west.