Former police officer and current owner of a small boat station, Dave Robichaud, witnesses a plane crash. He manages to rescue a five-year-old girl from a sunken plane that was transporting illegal immigrants. However, when the body of one of the four dead passengers mysteriously disappears, Robicheaux begins to investigate himself. He again encounters the underworld, living according to wolf laws, where murder and betrayal are only a matter of time and money.