Jack London's "The Sea Wolf" (1876-1916) is one of the most important nautical novels in world literature, with strong autobiographical elements from the author, as he himself had served for a period of his tumultuous life on the sealing schooner "Sophia Sutherland." Humphrey Van Weyden, a literary critic with a rich education, pure and inexperienced in the hardships of life, becomes involved in a shipwreck and is rescued by the sealing schooner "Ghost." The captain is Wolf Larsen, who commands the ship in an authoritarian and brutal manner, abolishing every notion of justice and morality, as the only law he recognizes is his own. Humphrey is forced to serve in various positions and is subjected to numerous humiliations and degradations - Larsen's trials. Both will be influenced by their relationship: one is fascinated by the world of knowledge, and the other gains his maturity. However, the unexpected appearance of a woman will trigger the countdown for the dominance of one.