1973 – Unscrupulous powers all have their own agendas as Mozambique struggles for its independence.
A group of skydivers is lured to Mozambique as mercenaries, but, what for them is a lark becomes a nightmare as a handful of men desperately try to stop the detonation that will ignite southern Africa.
John Stafford is caught in a speed trap late at night by two crooked traffic officers. Their attempted extortion causes him to shoot them down.
On arrival at his farm, he discovers that his wife has left him for another man.
Fleeing to Rhodesia to escape his shattered life, Stafford is caught up in the bush war and a bitter struggle for freedom and survival. After surviving three encounters – the last of which leaves him at death’s door – his friend at home, a policeman, is finding clues to the cop killer…