American developer Walt is building a tourist hotel on the Central American island of St. Margaret, amid growing tensions between the native Indian minority and the ruling black majority. No one's hands are clean and Walt just wants to build his hotel without taking sides. But when the construction site is attacked and his foreman kidnapped, tortured and killed, Walt finds himself inexorably drawn into the conflict.It's a test of wills, smarts and strategy, as Walt battles to protect his workers, his project and even his life against a backdrop of treachery and revolution.