But the biggest mess of all was the one he left for two tough, resourceful, and relentless ex-U.S. Army officers, their bond forged in the hellhole of Korea HANK CORY one-time Captain in Army Counter-Intelligence now a mild-mannered Sunday artist and bookstore owner in a ramshackle waterfront building with an equally ramshackle future stretching before him and SAMUEL TILDEN CHEEVER THE THIRD All-American tackle and scion of Old San Francisco Money, Cory's former commanding officer, come to Tahiti to look for a 68-year-old treasure that could be worth millions for each of them. WHAT THEY STUMBLE ON INSTEAD: THE GAUGUIN MURDERS and an implacable menace that has them next on the list of victims!