Top Kiernan is addicted to the adrenaline buzz of danger, though periodic perilous errands to Latin America for Shaw's Mercantile help him handle that. Only now Top's long-best friend, Dee Lane, has disappeared with a fortune that belongs to Atlanta drug lord Raoul Menes, and many camps are looking to get him because everyone thinks Dee left the money with him. He is working against time and it's going to take more than adrenaline to survive the maneuvers of all the players.