Paul Scott, aide to media tycoon Sir Robert Talbot, is in love with his boss's daughter, Alex, heir to her father's billions. Disapproving, Sir Robert exiles Paul to run an offshore media centre based in the tax haven of St Pierre in the British Channel Islands. Feeling desperate and alone, he becomes bewitched by local political high flyer, the sensual Kate Batiste. As their relationship develops, Paul uncovers a plot by the Russian Mafia to use St Pierre to launder billions of dollars of drugs money to fund Putin's various wars. In a frantic battle against the odds Paul sets out to stop a tidal wave of drugs engulfing Europe. But there's something sinister in his midst keeping his enemies one step ahead.