Elizabeth Burnett and her retinue set out to find larger-than-life creatures that appear in the chronicles of Magellan's circumnavigation. The explorers are beset with danger and tribulations as they traverse Patagonia in search of the elusive creatures, their arrival presaged by a fateful prophesy. An engaging and suspenseful tale of adventure, of quest and discovery, of encounters with the unknown and what they reveal about the undergirding of our humanity.