The novel "Lost in the Ocean" by the French writer Louis Jacolliot is an action-packed adventure detective story. The daring and fearless pirates of the Sunda Archipelago, paralyzing commercial shipping at one of the busiest crossroads of the world’s trade routes, forced the governments of England and France to send a joint squadron of warships into the area. The pursuit of the sea robbers leads to the lost islands of Oceania, as well as to international banks and the palaces of Chinese noblemen.