"May both God and the ancestors protect us, for here comes another one."On faraway Kenukecil, Ibu Nilasera is alarmed to see a red-haired "short man" praying in the front pew of the church. In Jakarta, Sam Rivers is all set to marry his Indonesian love, Fon, until life takes an unexpected turn whenhis strange cargo escapes to rampage among the local young women. Provoked by the spectacle of their smiling, wanton daughters and the ineptitude of the local priests, the men of the island are soon demanding blood. Can Sam find the short man before it wreaks yet further havoc?