The fog released more of the ship. As he watched the bow slowly emerge, Stanton saw something that made his gut twist. "This can't be." Stanton stared at the gray-white battleship. "It's a Dreadnought."

But that kind of ship ceased sailing three-quarters of a century ago

It starts as a trip to help five troubled teens, courtesy of a new Navy youth program. With retired submarine commander J.D. Stanton serving as captain and two young naval officers heading the expedition, the state-of-the-art catamaran leaves port. It's a routine voyage ... until a mysterious storm pulls Stanton and his crew into an eerie world of swirling mist and silence

There is no sun, no moon or stars, no way to take a bearing. Electrical appliances fail. The diesel engine is sullen and unresponsive. And then, out of the mist, a ship slowly appears--H.M.S. Archer, a pre-WW1 Dreadnought. A ship missing since 1913.

The antique vessel holds disturbing surprises: a ghostly crew ... evidence of a mass murder ... and a thousand questions. Now J.D. Stanton and his untried team must discover the answers--before this ship out of time leads them to their destruction.