Part One, The Phoenix, Chapters 1-5, The Cannibal Tree, I Thought This Was a Nonsmoking Flight, And You Lost Your Frequent Flyer Miles, Pinnacle of the Pink Pyramid, Our Lady of the Fishnes Stockings Summary

In chapter one, Tucker Case wakes up hanging from a tree with a native watching him. The native pinches Tuck's cheek, says 'yum' and walks away. Tuck twists on the rope he hangs from and sees Kimi the navigator hanging nearby. Tuck knows that this is a result of one night in a bar in the Seattle Airport Holiday Inn. There he met Meadow, a prostitute who wants to have sex in a plane. Though Tuck knows...