TomHansen, an officer in the Coast Guard for years of service has seenmany deaths. Once, during a fierce storm, his patrol boat receivedorders to investigate the Russian whaler Eastern Spirit drifting inthe open ocean. The survivors on the ship were found, it would seem, thetragedy has already occurred. But the real nightmare has just begun.The fact that lurked beneath the deck in the dark compartment, canchange the ratio to Hansens life and what happens after that ...