A boat has gone missing. Goods have been stolen. There is blood in the water. Pirates are terrorizing the San Francisco Bay. Phil is a husband, a father, a struggling producer and the owner of a condo with a view of the water. But he'd like to be a rebel and a fortune hunter. Gwen is his daughter. She's fourteen. She's a student, a swimmer and a best friend. But she'd like to be an adventurer and an outlaw. This is a book about our search for freedom. And a tale of a hapless father trying to get his daughter home.