At the borders of every man and woman's mind are bizarre and terrifying things always ready to fill the empty spaces made by fright and failure. That is Harry Royhatten's strange story.
Royhatten, his wife and son arrive in Burma desperate for a fresh start in life but find themselves cast adrift in dream, delusion and terror. Royhatten believes too little in the phantoms that haunt the jungle city of Rangoon. Later, he believes too much and sinks into adultery, arson, murder and the even more horrific.