Losing their young son, Jeffrey, Michael and Maria Jansen are befriended by Sonny Mitchell, a retired Miami police officer, but Sonny is not what he seems. Lured into a world of easy money, glamour and a lifestyle they never imagined, Michael and Maria get caught up in an international conspiracy and kidnapping as death chases them and Sonny from South Miami, through the Florida Keys, all the way to Columbia, South America and Fidel Castro's Cuba. Drug smuggling, deception, murder, the Coast Guard and DEA Agent Bernie Colgate follow Sonny Mitchell and Michael Jansen, as they fight for their lives against all odds. At Michael's funeral, Maria is arrested for conspiracy, but Sonny Mitchell comes to her rescue and Maria gets the shock of her life.