These are the collected writings of the Laganites - a group of disparate souls brought together by conspiracy, misfortune, and chance on a nameless island.

The players:

Dame Jetsam, a woman, of uneven education and background. The victim of a shipwreck. Initials P.O.

Sir Flotsam, a man, of some mental instability. A further victim.

Doctor Detritus, a physician, erstwhile resident, connoisseur of opiates. Sometimes known as Ingram.

Ariel, a dog (or close enough to it) familiar with the island's longterm residents,

Agent Minutiae, a blunt instrument,

The Black Captain, of the Juno (by name Waite)

and

Reverend Debris, a player of the Game.

Status unknown:

One ELAINE GRAHAM of London, acquaintance of Jetsam (fond or otherwise);

One CAPTAIN MIRANDA, proprietor of the light house and sufferer of great pressures;

One CALIBAN, another beast, sadly dead.