Gavin Cutter, an artist living in an isolated village on the New England coast, witnesses the crash of a sailing ship onto a reef. The first aboard the wreck, he rescues a dog, the only living creature on the vessel. Ron Myers, wealthy owner of a growing computer firm, and the ship?s crew have disappeared without a trace. When insurance investigator TJ Flood questions Cutter and others, he learns a sheriff?s deputy denies knowledge of a woman who...