As a last minute addition to the crew of the Pegasus, William Starling stepped aboard into an adventure he could not have imagined. Violent storms, espionage, theft and sabotage plague the dream of Professor Pines and his daughter. The nineteenth century is coming to a close, and William gets caught up in the utopian ideals the professor and his followers plan to bring into reality. Yet, does everyone aboard Pegasus have the welfare of all humanity as their life's goal?