A desperate man. An unusual offer. A chase across three continents for a future worth living.

Rudyard Tomkins is a man drifting through life without ambition or purpose. Jobless, homeless and broke, he is enticed into the employment of an eccentric businessman who tasks him with tracking down the elusive Jack Carwithan.

Rudyard sets off on a hunt across three continents in search of Jack, but soon finds that he himself is being hunted. From the white waters of the Zambezi to the jungle of Ecuador, Rudyard is inspired, imperilled and in love.

At the point of completing his task, and of winning himself the prize of a life worth living, everything changes, and he will lose it all unless he can find the will to take control of his own future.