Ross Wilber went to the docks to meet a friend. There he made the mistake of accepting a drink from a friendly sailor. He never dreamed that he- a member of San Francisco's high society-could end up drugged, sold to an unscrupulous captain, and shipped off for the Orient . . . in a word, shanghaied! By a series of strange twists of fate, his new-found employment proves anything but drudgery . . . between a derelict ship, a mutiny, and a female sailor named Moran, his adventures off the California coast are nothing short of extraordinary!