Tucker and his new bride Susan, while on a wedding cruise, encounter a man from Tucker’s past. The man is a high ranking member of a Mexican cartel with a vendetta against Tucker from a prior encounter. After playing mind games with Tucker, the man Ruiz, kidnaps Susan and sends her from the ship to Cozumel and on to his hacienda in the Mexican desert where she is imprisoned awaiting her fate. Tucker, determined to rescue his wife, gives chase, is captured and taken to the hacienda as well. With some inside help Tucker and Susan escape and flee across the desert. The excitement builds as Tucker’s friend, FBI Agent Jessup, gets involved. He is joined by the CIA and they make a daring raid on the hacienda to rescue the newlyweds and stop an arms shipment that includes a small tactical nuclear device. Tucker, a civilian, ends up in a Mexican jail after killing Ruiz when he tries to kidnap Susan again. Susan works diligently to free her husband through legal means with little success until finally he is rescued by the CIA and FBI.