In the Caribbean sunshine Fortune Island appears to be a peaceful spot - a fitting refuge for a wealthy man like Edward Dempster, but when James Hellier visits the island he finds it anything but peaceful. He is in search of a job, instead he finds dead bodies and a frightened woman who has mislaid her husband. He meets a crippled gunman who has hostile manners and later Senor Ramon - a softly spoken fanatic, with an uninhibited niece and a gang of deluded patriots. In the Caribbean sunshine Fortune Island appears to be a peaceful spot - a fitting refuge for a wealthy man like Edward Dempster, but when James Hellier visits the island he finds it anything but peaceful. He is in search of a job, instead he finds dead bodies and a frightened woman who has mislaid her husband. He meets a crippled gunman who has hostile matters and later Senor Ramon - a softly spoken fanatic, with an uninhibited niece and a gang of deluded patriots.