The well-pedigreed Paul Grayson and his hometown friend, Chris Stone, survived the ravages of the Vietnam War, and have come back home to Minnesota. Obsessed with the injustices and loss they experienced as young men fighting a senseless war, Paul devises an elaborate plan to get back at a government that's failed them. With Chris and his rugged strength on board, his plan couldn't fail. Someone is going to pay. What they didn't plan for was love interrupting their scheme. Keeping their lives disconnected to not raise suspicion, proves unlucky. Ellen, Paul's college friend, steals both their hearts, while hers is secretly broken from her brother's death in the war. As Paul pursues Ellen more and more, Chris' pursuits take a more diabolical turn. His thirst for immediate vengeance, rather than waiting on Paul's well-crafted, methodical plan, creates a serial killer even the FBI can't catch.