Who hasn't dreamed about chucking it all and heading out to settle down on a Tropical Island Paradise? The author does exactly that. He finds an island 30 miles off the coast of Belize, C.A., and decides this will be his kingdom. It becomes an ironic comedy of tropical adventures, misadventures, and a love affair. His efforts to cope with bizarre characters while struggling against the island absurdities and calamities, threaten to engulf him. He meets and falls in love with a beautiful young girl who refuses his offer of marriage. Together they survive everything from storms to childbirth, but learn to adapt together in their effort to beat - The Fever.