First Sergeant Steve Jackson USMC lands in Argentina as a man without a country and is quickly drawn into the intrigue and danger that is Argentina in 1939. Forced to leave the U.S., he lands near the southern tip of South America at Rio Gallegos, Argentina. Jackson is rescued from a death at sea and befriended by a weathy estancia owner Graham Mac Arthur. He soon discovers nothing is what it seems, except for his desire for Sally Mac Arthur, Graham's daughter. He winds his way through a morass of inuendo, half truths and lies until he finds a way to use his skills and experience to help America and Argentina.