The Jogjakarta Intrusion

Canadian 'round-the-world yachtsman Roy Barnes finds that his boat and his life have suffered a paralysing intrusion when he stops to buy provisions in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. Shipwrecked off the northern Zululand coast, his battle with a cyclone in the Indian Ocean seems like a picnic in comparison to the dangers he encounters from thirst and lions. In the searing heat of the Makatini, the 'place of scarce water, ' Barnes finds both fear and temporary respite. Soon, however, he learns of his new enemies-assassins who are connected with the intrusion at Jogjakarta. It is then that his struggles to escape and to save the life of his fiancA(c)e bring him face to face with the deeper realities of life and death.