Former smuggler pilot and now a quiet drunk, Rick Squatter lives on a small island in warm seas. All he needs is cheap booze, a poor man’s dwelling, and work for pennies. Overly enterprising drinking buddies disrupt Rick’s measured life, forcing him to flee to another island and take up his old smuggling craft again—one that eventually lands him in prison. Now a long sentence lies ahead and it seems there’s no way out. But everything changes when, out of nowhere, an old enemy arrives, along with aliens and a long-lost love.