A fantastic story about the extraordinary adventures of a Moscow schoolboy who finds himself on a pirate frigate that crashes in the waters of the ominous Ricochet Island. Here hot air balloons, airplanes and ships disappear without a trace, and a mysterious creature lives here, terrifying the entire ocean. Showing ingenuity and courage, our hero defeats the evil forces of the island, to soon find himself on an amazing continent inhabited by insidious slave owners, talking gibbons and brave sailors, where chases and hand-to-hand combat await him, mustangs and stagecoaches, where pistol shots thunder, and a girl Mary shows miracles of fidelity and love. Written with humor and full of irony, the adventure novel by the young Russian writer Alexei Zotov is addressed to modern teenagers.