1914. War breaks out in Europe. The Panama Canal opens. Shipping magnate James L. Nathan cruises the South Pacific in his private yacht, 'The Double Lucky.' Among his guests is jaded society artist, Michael Meleager Malvern, a man who knows success but not satisfaction. A man seeking meaning. A man seeking himself. A storm. A shipwreck. A strange world. Cast away, Malvern struggles for both survival and meaning in a savage land, a coast of violence and of love-a COAST OF SPEARS.