Dr Barbara Rafferty is an obsessive crusader to save the albatross of the Pacific atoll of Saint-Esprit and when one of her young acolytes is shot on TV it opens her campaign to world wide media attention. From the outpouring of support Dr Barbara begins to turn the deserted island into a sanctuary - a remote paradise home for eco-enthusiasts, idealists and a growing collection of the world's endangered species. But as this sinister story unfolds it becomes clear that all is not as it seems in the ecological idyll, indeed, some species are much more endangered than others.


