Convinced there is a connection between Middle East narcotics, and gun smuggling in Northern Ireland, USTreasury Agent Frank Donovan is instructed to meet police officials in Belfast and Dublin.

He subsequently returns to Washington, only to find his car and apartment bombed and destroyed. Believing these murderous attempts will not stop, Donovan is pressed into early retirement and is given a new identity. Settling in Ireland Frank unexpectedly finds himself again in great danger.