Devastated by the death of both his father and a lover, New York photographer, Channey Moran, accepts an easy assignment in Ireland. He soon becomes accidentally enmeshed in a bizarre ship hijacking by eco-mercenaries led by an eccentric ex-CIA operative who fascinates the world's news media while horrifying Big Energy. Local photographer, Glennie MacDonald, searches the high seas for Channey and finds him moments from drowning. Seeing in him a kindred soul - one she now loves - Glennie nurses him back to life as Ireland erupts in chaos trying to find the allusive leader and his men.