Novelist J.B. Blackwood is on a cruise with her husband Patrick to celebrate their wedding anniversary._x000D_Her former professor Patrick is much older than J.B. But when they met he seemed somehow ageless as all new gods appear in the eyes of those who worship them. He is a film director. A cult figure. But now his success is starting to wane and J.B. is on the cusp of winning a major literary prize. Her art has been forever overseen by him now it may overshadow his._x000D_For days they sail in the sun. They lay about drinking reading sleeping having sex. There is nothing but dark water all around them._x000D_Then a storm hits and Patrick falls off the ship. J.B. is left alone as the search for what happened to Patrick - and the truth about their marriage - begins.