Two souls destined to be one are torn apart by the rigid social structures and blood-soaked politics of the era.

Mateo’s life is upended when he falls in love with a woman from a higher social class, sparking a chain of events involving:

In the spring of 1562, the Alcázar family struggles to maintain their humble shipyard and salt marshes. While the world outside is consumed by the wars of the Spanish Empire, young Mateo Alcázar has only one ambition: "to raise giants as my father did"—a reference to the massive galleons that once slid from their family’s docks.