The Tattooist 2007 American tattoo artist Jake Sawyer wanders the world, exploring and exploiting ethnic themes in his tattoo designs At a tattoo expo in Singapore, he gets his first glimpse at the exotic world of traditional Samoan tattoo tatau, and, in a thoughtless act, unwittingly unleashes a powerful angry spirit In his devastating journey into Pacific mysticism, Jake must find a way to save his new love, Sina and recover his own soul