Drugged and shackled to the briefcase with gold coins, and to each other, Ryker and Tiara have been left on the yacht to die. To make matters worse, Sasha set a fire onboard, which is beginning to rage. The key is to find a way to be freed, but Ryker wants to take the briefcase too, knowing that if left behind its contents can be incriminating to Tiara and himself. They get to a life raft, but safety is not the order of the day. The life raft drifts and bobs into a sea of storms, where pelting rain and heaving seas await them. The storm erupts, the mood dark and foreboding, when suddenly there is a loud crack and the splintering of wood - the life raft's demise a foregone conclusion. Ryker and Tiara hold onto each other, kiss, then go down into the swell.

This is the fourth volume in the series Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative. The book deals with the narratological concepts of character and characterization and explores the textual devices used for purposes of characterization by ancient Greek authors from Homer to Heliodorus.