John Burton is the only survivor of the brutal attack on him and his friends off the coast of a small island in the Bahamas Fully recovered from his gunshot wounds, John heads for Miami in hopes of finding the killers of his wife and friends. There, he meets up with an unlikely partner, and the two of them track down the killers. Bent on revenge, John plans the assassination of each member of the pirate crew. But after meeting Miranda in Miami, John has a change of heart. He contacts FBI Agent Sally Martin with a plan so outrageous that it reaches the president of the United States. With the president's approval, the FBI, the DEA, and John can issue a crippling blow to the illicit drug traffic along the entire eastern seaboard of the United States. In the process, John can even earn his freedom.