When Dash's plane crashes in the South Pacific, he is the only survivor. The natives decide to offer him as a human sacrifice to their Volcano God, who cursed them with drought and hardship. Despairing of rescue, Dash reviews his luckless existence, entertained and cheered by a young native girl and a former god, a half-man, half-fish, possibly imaginary creature who calls himself "Willy."

The fates of a little girl, a Loggerhead Sea Turtle, an injured downhill skier, a salvage boat owner, a blond policewoman, a pair of pirates, a shark god and a cannibal collide on the tsunami-ravaged island of East Pukapuka.

Chase Allen never intended to be a killer, even for the good guys, but after he is recruited as a secret agent, terminating dictators and jihadists is all in a day's work. He marries a dark beauty and they have a child, his "Little Zonbi," who means everything to him. Now that his priorities have shifted, Chase strives for normalcy. But a spy doesn't escape his past so easily.