In the Sargasso Sea A Novel

: "In the Sargasso Sea" by Thomas A. Janvier is a tale set in the late 1800s about a young mechanical engineer named Roger Stetworth, whose journey from New York to West Africa on the brig "Golden Hind" quickly spirals into a dangerous moral quagmire. Excited and a bit clueless, Stetworth starts his adventure with Captain Luke Chilton but soon faces troubling cargo, hinting at the horrors of the slave trade. As he questions his captain and the disturbing realities around him, a fierce clash with the crew results in a shipwreck, leaving him stranded and alone in a strange sea.