Dr James Ulrich has been out of prison for just on a year. He has been reunited with June, his wife of 28 years and life is pretty good.A chance phone call from his old nemesis, Al Hancock, reveals the existence of an invaluable gold nugget that has been kept concealed in the cellar of a waterfront mansion in Sydney Harbour for over a century. Al plans to steal it and blackmails James into joining him in the venture.The aftermath of the theft leads James on a frenzied trail of retribution, kidnapping, bloodshed and murder as he desperately tries to escape the evil tentacles of Al Hancock. The trail takes him to Fiji and then to a lonely Pacific island where he finally comes face-to-face with the grim reaper.