An idyllic summer vacation of sailing and sparkling Newport soirees turns into a horrific reality of piracy, kidnapping, and murder. Duped into acting as bait to capture an international drug trafficker, Steele and Elizabeth discover the drug lord is the real bait and they have become immersed in a plot that has little to do with drugs and everything to do with a scheme to influence the world economy. Treacheries, intrigue, international politics, and a Machiavellian attempt to control the White House, forces the couple to resurrect skills from their past . . . and the hunted become the hunters as they attempt to stay alive until they can rid themselves of The Narragansett Files.