A gruesome murder in a prison leads eventually to the discovery of a badly decomposed body buried in a shallow grave. A former inmate is charged with the murder and he enlists the help of his Priest, a former lawyer. It soon becomes apparent that the mob are behind the murder and have framed the former inmate, but why? Investigating the murder leads to the kidnapping of the lawyer's wife and after run-ins with diamond smugglers and rhino poachers, the lawyer himself is kidnapped. The thrilling climax takes place as the mob force-march the lawyer along a crocodile infested riverbed in the dead of night.