Through a business misadventure, the European Axel Heyst ends up living on an island in what is now Indonesia, with a Chinese assistant Wang. Heyst visits a nearby island when a female band is playing at a hotel owned by Mr. Schomberg. Schomberg attempts to force himself sexually on one of the band members, Alma, later called Lena. She flees with Heyst back to his island and they become lovers. Schomberg seeks revenge by attempting to frame Heyst for the "murder" of a man who had died of natural causes and later by sending three desperadoes (Pedro, Martin Ricardo and Mr. Jones) to Heyst's island with a lie about treasure hidden on the island. The three die (Wang kills one) but Lena dies as well and Heyst is overcome with grief and commits suicide.

Media	Böcker Pocketbok (Bok med mjukt omslag och limmad rygg)
Releasedatum	7 januari 2017
ISBN13	9781542409223
Utgivare	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Antal sidor	324
Mått	152 × 229 × 17 mm · 435 g
Språk	Engelska