The story of the disappearance of David Rockefeller in West Papua in the 1960's. Toohey follows the trail, in the present and the past, and concludes from fairly clear evidence that Rockefeller drowned at sea following an unwise decision to set out on a journey in rough weather in an unsafe craft. The journey to that point, though, is the story, and as a bonus Toohey - as if affected by the same madness that drove Rockefeller - creates his own version of Rockefellers fantastic survival in the lost world of Papua. ( )