Vilʹyam Holdinh — anhliysʹkyy pysʹmennyk, laureat Nobelivsʹkoyi premiyi z literatury. Svitovu slavu zdobuv yak avtor romanu «Volodar mukh» — spravzhnʹoho shedevra svitovoyi literatury. Tse prytcha, roman-symvol, roman-antyutopiya... Mabutʹ, nayzhorstokishyy.

V rezulʹtati aviakatastrofy kilʹka ditey potraplyayutʹ na bezlyudnyy ostriv, duzhe skhozhyy na raysʹkyy kutochok. Bezmezhnyy okean, tropichni palʹmy, kryshtaleve dzherelo, tayemnycha pechera... Tut ye vse, krim doroslykh. U malenʹkiy kompaniyi vidrazu vydilyayutʹsya dva lidery. Pochynayetʹsya borotʹba za vladu. I dity duzhe skoro zabuvayutʹ ne tilʹky druzhbu i poryadnistʹ, ale navitʹ lyudsʹku podobu... Mezha, yaka viddilyaye lyudynu vid tvaryny, duzhe tonka. I vony ne obovʺyazkovo boyatʹsya zvira, yakyy desʹ tam. Toy, shcho vseredyni kozhnoho, nabahato strashnishyy...