a family long ago abolished to a free floating island off the shores of the united states and china breeding amongst themselves and the island began to lose structure causing the islanders to start a tourist business but the tourists never left the island and when friends of hers didn't return she began searching with the help of a librarian she found she was the sole owner of this island but had no idea what she was getting into. a take over of the island was only the start and a treasure of gold so massive that the islanders were solvent for years and used the gold for supplies and the tourists for filler and was only the beginning of a much larger plan.