Randy Wilkes led a simple life. He wanted nothing more than to spend his life outdoors, hunting, fishing, and living off the land. But his simple dreams dissolved the day he saw gold winking from the banks of the Pamlico River. After being thrown headlong into a dark world of crooked policemen, conniving lawyers, and dangerous thieves, Randy realizes buried treasure is more curse than cure, and that nothing short of a miracle, or a hurricane, can save him and his family.