Antoine Cossé's most substantial work to date is a fascinating drama of mutiny and madness among the 16th century Spanish fleet. Portuguese Captain Magellan is convinced of the existence of a South American strait that will expedite trade with the Indonesian Spice Islands. Months later, in a deserted and inhospitable land, mutiny brews, two men are marooned and the world explodes in a riot of hallucinatory color.