Israel just bombed Iran; OPEC is stoking world political fires threatening to cut oil production. President Jackson could be facing reelection during a replay of the 1973 oil crises.

Fifty miles off Fort Lauderdale, a sailboat drifts quietly in the warm, rainy night. Blood leaves a pink smear over the wet deck as the body is pushed and shoved to the side. A satisfying splash then the body disappears into the murk of the rain-flattened Gulf Stream. It's summer in Newport, Rhode Island where Liz and Steele are vacationing aboard their recently purchased sailboat, Pinafore. Unknown to the couple, documents hidden aboard Pinafore by its former owner will become the impetus for a treacherous venture that will wrench the couple from Newport's sparkling social scene propelling them into the backwater jungles of Nicaragua and the less remote jungles of pervasive White House politics.

Who is trying to kill them? Why are the Venezuelans and Cubans involved? Is there a Machiavellian attempt by the president to ensure his tenancy in the White House? Introspection takes a back seat as the couple confront piracy, kidnapping, murder and betrayal in an attempt to stay alive until they can rid themselves of the Narragansett Files.