Washed ashore on a small off-grid island community, Rory Conner has no idea of how he got there, where he came from, or who he is. He quickly finds out that the idyllic island is not as halcyon as it appears. He begins to smell foul play in a mysterious death among his new island companions. As he gets to know each of them and their unusual world views better, he becomes drawn further and further into the intrigue. Meanwhile in L.A. Rory's daughter Hannah is determined to find her father, dead or alive. She hires a plane and she and her trusty companions begin the search. One of them is murdered and Hannah is torn between solving that murder and finding her father. Some friends of Rory's from previous adventures, Joe, Kevin and Mickey, are also there to lend a hand, as they search the wild coast of Big Sur, while trying not to annoy each other too much. As the story unfolds they encounter a Holocaust survivor, a former priest, a powerful chocolate manufacturer, a man running for governor of California and the resurrected story of Anne Frank. Can Rory solve the mystery of the island death and prevent another possible death, including his own? Will Hannah discover and stop the murderer of her friend? And will all of them be reunited in the end?