Former military policeman John Murphy has no real future in his native Pennsylvania. South African Boers offer him a chance to earn good money by utilizing skills he acquired as a soldier.

Sharpshooter Elton Whitestone has a different reason for joining the Boers in their struggle to perpetuate white minority rule. He is an expert marksman who simply enjoys killing.

Irishman Jimmy Dayton prefers straightforward fighting to the more distasteful tactics of the IRA. What he finds in South Africa calls that choice into question.

The band of trained killers must learn to work together if they are to survive the harsh terrain, the African targets and their violent employers. Any disagreement could turn lethal in the blink of an eye.

Hal Williams introduces a squadron of memorable characters in this gripping adventure of murder and survival in the wilds of 1959 Africa.