<p>Architect Jonathan West is on a big project when he learns his wife Patrice has been unfaithful. On a fishing trip in North Carolina&#39;s Outer Banks he&#39;s wondering what to do about his marriage when he sees a ghost ship. On it is a spectral woman gazing at him with a plea in her eyes. Jonathan buys a house on the beach near the sighting and finds an old sea chest washed up there. Its contents which include a miniature portrait reveal it belonged to Kate Russell captain of the Royal Thomas which sank in 1721. It&#39;s the same woman Jonathan saw on the ghost ship and her journal describes a life of piracy. As past and present collide he starts seeing her everywhere waking and sleeping. With a haunting desperation he senses she wants something from him. If he can figure out what it is and find a way to help her he believes her spirit will finally rest.&quot;</p>