"Call me Ishmael." So begins one of the greatest adventures ever written. Ishmael, a young school teacher who signs on board a whaling schooner, wants a change from his usual life. But life aboard the Pequod is more than a search for whales - it is a lifelong quest for revenge by the unbalanced Captain Ahab, who has vowed to destroy the great white whale who left him lame. But when these giants meet again, who will be the victor - or the victim?