 The events depicted in "Web" are written from the viewpoint of Arnold Delgrange, a man whose wife and daughter were recently killed in a motor collision.They revolve around a failed attempt to establish a utopian colony on the fictional island "Tanakuatua" in the Pacific Ocean, far from civilisation.After a slow start setting the scene with the mysterious "Project" being financed by the wealthy and eccentric Lord Foxfield, the island is purchased and a team of volunteers sets out by steamer for the island.