London 1781. By order of the admiralty, John Webber delivers a portrait of her husband to the widow of James Cook. Outraged, the widow refuses to accept the present, claiming that she does not recognise her husband in it. Although shocked, Webber can sympathise with the woman. Upon the return of Captain Cook's ship »Resolution«, the admiralty issued a complete ban on mentioning the details of the circumstances of Cook's tragic death. And the portrait too only serves one purpose: to perpetuate the heroic memory of the great captain and to make sure that he will go down in history as one of England's noble explorers. But Webber knows the truth about Cook's four-year long journey, his third and last voyage around the world, and all the tormenting images, which he has been prohibited from drawing, will haunt him for the rest of his life.