Joe and Mary, high school sweethearts flush with the innocence and blossoming freedom of the '60s, see their lives torn apart and their dreams of a life together disintegrate into the dust of reality. Joe's determination to locate his lost love takes him across the country and into the path of hardened criminals seeking retribution for the betrayal that almost crumpled their empire. Joe must ask himself: is the prize worth the quest which may cost him his life?