The story of how Joe Leahy, a wealthy mixed-race coffee plantation owner,�persuades the Ganiga tribespeople of Papua New Guinea to join him in a coffee growing venture.� Always suspect because of his mixed-race status, Joe is in deep trouble with the tribespeople when his promises of riches fail to materialize. As he organizes to emigrate with his family to Australia, he is a saddened man with an uncertain future.