A would-be politician escapes from hitmen to a mysterious island off the coast of Australia where he starts growing the legend of Mad Bill.
He is joined by a cast of quirky visitors over the duration of this bundle of three comedic novels.
He also has to open his repurposed home to rubber ducks washed off a passing freighter.
And rabbits join the party. Lots of rabbits.
Mad Bill doesn't care about the island's origins, but others do. Especially Major Jeremy Billycock-Smythe!