Terry: he works hard and plays even harder.Julie: A career girl, her only two loves in life-flying and her parents.Diago: A gentleman and scholar. Raul: Brash, exciting, but seeks revenge. Kevin: A lonely soldier who finds true love.David: Shy, good natured, who seeks adventure but finds love.Is life fate or destiny? You will ask this question as you read the story of Terry, a young merchant seaman in the nineteen-fifties. His travels and his exploits take him to the four corners of the globe. Unknown to himself, he fathers five children-a boy and a girl in England, twin boys in Argentine and a son in New Zealand. Twenty years pass. Is it FATE or DESTINY that brings them together in a bloodbath on the Rock of Gibraltar?