Brandon Fletcher and his fun-loving family are on holiday in Madagascar. Their wonderful wildlife adventures are spoiled when a pair of newly-discovered lemurs are abducted to be sold in the illegal pet trade. Brandon's encounter with a mysterious old man prompts the eleven-year-old to investigate the lemurs' disappearance. Using intelligence, intuition and courage, Brandon tries to find the lemurs...but instead finds himself in serious trouble. Who is the strange old man? How will Brandon escape from his desperate predicament? And where are the missing lemurs?