Mike Spencer and Billy Randell have been friends since their first day in School, now a decade later Mike is threatening to break up the friendship by leaving to spend time on a Kibbutz in Israel.
Billy is not prepared to let the friendship die, but is in no financial position to make the trip. He borrows the money, under false pretences, from a local loan shark and then pitches himself whole-heartedly into making the trip a success.
Both friends find their niche in the new society and things are going well until a clash of personalities with some new volunteers sees Billy expelled from the Kibbutz.
Unable to return home to England, and unable to join another Kibbutz, Billy casts his lot in with all the ex-volunteers who have made their home in the southern city of Eilat.
He is about to pit his wits against the Eilat Trap. The question is will he survive?
Written by Nick Cree, creator of the popular blog site "It Shouldn't Happen to a Volunteer", The Eilat Trap combines personal experiences, along with stories overheard in Bars, Cafes and Hostels around Israel over the last 30 years, into a cautionary tale of what can go right and what can go horribly wrong when you became one of the 350,000 young men and women who signed on as volunteers in Israel.