After Ben Bass retired from the Air Force and was no longer flying fighters for a living, he turned to his other love, the sea. His position as a new sail boat salesman for Boynton Boats in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was compromised when a newly-designed keel fails and two people are drowned. Even though Captain Bass was cleared of responsibility, he became a pariah in south Florida, forcing him to move to an Island in the Caribbean and into a position in the bare boat charter business. Ever the adrenalin junky, Ben acquires and modifies a high-tech sailboat, and becomes embroiled in dangers facing Sally Boynton, daughter and rightful heir of the former owner of Boynton Boats. This fast paced story takes Ben Bass back to the home of his family roots for answers. Lives are lost as Ben and Sally are forced to rely on clandestine measures and old skills to make their way through Europe. Returning to the Caribbean, Ben and his sailboat are assailed by both nature and the darker side of humanity.