The mixed-cultural heritage of the Caribbean islands and the deep tenacles of the drug trade take center stage, in a saga of displaced Africans, Europeans, Chinese, East-Indians, and Arabs. Fidel Castro lays on his death-bed, putting China and America on a collision course, while a drugs trans-shipment gang, with access to the government, takes hostages, at a Jamaican beach resort. Centuries-old rivalries, from the Old World, carry over into renewed battles, on the shores of the new lands.