It is 1984 and rumbling of the Iran-Contra Affair are just beginning to stir.
Large quantities of lethal weaponry are reaching the Nicaraguan Contras without the official sanction of the US government – but with its complicit knowledge.
Meanwhile, out-of-work journalist Elena McMahon watches as her evasive, gruff father’s life slowly ebbs away.
Rudderless and lost, she feels compelled by a desire to understand him and resolves to do his bidding, to follow the action of Central America – by escorting a shipment of anti-personnel mines to a remote jungle.
What begins as Elena’s emotional journey soon becomes a cog in a much larger wheel, setting in motion a powerful political machine of intrigue and violence, political opportunism and murky underworld dealings.
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