Zachary Elordi, orphaned and impoverished, learned to survive by stealing. He befriended two boys, and together they rose from petty theft to become feared pirates, building their crew and ship from nothing. A past betrayal left Zachary deaf in one ear. His crew’s recent mysterious decline leads him to a deserted island where he encounters a siren. He captures her, intending to harm her unless she explains the crew’s disappearance.