*The ship fought valiantly against the storm, waves towering over its deck and rain hammering down in unrelenting sheets. Thunder boomed and lightning split the sky, casting brief, eerie illuminations on the chaos. With a deafening crack, the ship's hull gave way to the ferocity of the sea, and icy water flooded in. Panic erupted as the vessel began to break apart. In the ensuing scramble, a lifeboat was launched, carrying a handful of desperate passengers into the violent ocean.me clung to the lifeboat as it was tossed mercilessly by the storm. Hours later, they washed ashore, drenched and exhausted. Collapsing onto the sand me laying there, catching ragged breaths as the storm raged on in the distance. When dawn finally broke, they took in their surroundings—an uncharted part of the Amazon, rumored in legends to be the Island of Women.