"Solve the murder to save what's left of the world. Outside the island there is nothing: the world was destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. One hundred and twenty-two villagers and three scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they're told by the scientists. Until, to the horror of the islanders,...

"Samuel Pipps is the greatest detective of his day...but now he's a prisoner, accused of an unknown crime by one of the world's most powerful men. Along with his faithful sidekick, Arent Hayes, they're sailing back to Amsterdam from the East Indies, where he'll stand trial. But no sooner are they out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. Still shackled in his cell, Pipps sends Hayes to solve a mystery that connects every passenger on board....

"Un crimen imposible, un demonio y un viaje maldito. Corre el ano 1634 y Samuel Pipps, el detective mas famoso del mundo, esta prisionero en el Saardam rumbo a Amsterdam, donde se enfrenta a un juicio y a la horca. Junto a el viajan su fiel amigo, Arent Hayes, decidido a probar la inocencia de Pipps, y Sara Wessel, la esposa del gobernador general de Batavia, en las Indias Orientales. Subitamente, una serie de misteriosos sucesos desconcierta a la...