On average, every day of the year a ship over 3000 GRT either is sunk or disappears without trace. Although many of these events are accidents or weather related, many more have a human hand involved.
Set into the background of the South Pacific and Asia; the Sea Eagles or 'Mucky Ducks' as they preferred to be called, was a small organisation that initially earned its money by investigating the suspicious demise of some vessels and trying to prevent the deliberate destruction of others.
However over a period of time their work grew to include many other aspects of the dark side of the world at sea. This included arms and people smuggling, drug trafficking and insurance fraud. In later years they met their biggest challenge as Modern Pirates grew to be a global menace.

Many of the Mucky Ducks fell during the performance of their assignments. Others were left both physically and mentally scarred. Humour and the music of Orbison, The Beach Boys, ABBA, The Mamas and the Papas and others of the time were their weapons against the reality of their work but even here, the laughter and music slowly failed them, fading into an almost forgotten past, leaving them with little but a hard day to day existence. R&R came from extended stays on Hamilton Island and Long Island Resort in the Whitsunday Islands- these helped to clear the minds.

Although this is a story telling of action and adventure, one review also stated that it was a love story to rival 'Dr Zhivago' and like that tale doesn't end with "And they lived happily ever after"..