Set against the historical backdrop of late 1970s Europe, Ships in the Night weaves real-world history with supernatural myth, secret legacies, and multi-generational mystery.

In the summer of 1977, Dorothy Thomas, a determined junior journalist in Paris struggling to break into investigative reporting while navigating an abusive relationship, chases the scoop of a lifetime. At Marseille�s Baumettes Prison, two men face execution by guillotine�including Pulcinella, a mysterious prisoner who maintains total silence and refuses to offer a defence against the charge of murdering his own son.

Unbeknownst to the authorities, Pulcinella's son, Nicky Little, is alive and well, having regenerated from a fall due to a four-hundred-year-old secret: he and his family are immortals descended from the legendary alchemist Nicholas Flamel. As Nicky travels to Marseille, a covert rescue mission orchestrated by the Flamel family uses a paralyzing blowfish toxin to feign Pulcinella's death and cheat the guillotine.

When Dorothy and Nicky�s paths cross in Marseille, they join forces to uncover why the second prisoner vanished from the prison gates. Together, they navigate hidden ancestral rivalries, personal liberation, and an unexpected romance, discovering that escaping the past requires confronting the eternal ties of family.