"Richard and Robin Mariner are aboard 'Tai Fun', preparing to join their friends at the opening ceremony of the luxury Volcano Roads hotel on the Indonesian island of Pulau Baya, when they spot two bodies floating in the sea. Richard and Robin soon discover that all is not as it should be on this rejuvenated island. There are fortunes to be made and everyone, from the clearly legitimate, to the ruthlessly criminal, wants a slice of the action. "--Preliminaries.