Lübeck 1602. After the mysterious death of the equally successful and hated shipowner and shipyard owner Rosländer, his wife Anna plans to build a ship even bigger than the legendary "Eagle of Lübeck". In the venerable Hanseatic city, this daring project meets with little approval. Only the midwife Trine Deichmann and her friends are on Anna's side. Their help comes at the right time, because strange things are happening at the Rosländer shipyard...