For many years, Soviet scientists conducted experiments into strange psychic powers. Now the most dangerous of those scientists - a man with a strange and deadly secret - has his hands on unlikely wizard John B. Stewart.
Held prisoner on a tiny island, John B. has only his wits and dubious magic to help him retain his sanity - and his life.
Even if his friends can find him, to save him they'll have to overcome ruthless enemies and the storm-lashed perils of Bass Strait.