Still on the run and under cover of darkness, Lew Burnett and Alan Crowe break into Lew's business offices to put the firm's books under scrutiny - and see if they hold any clue as to their opponents.
Burnett's search for the man who wants to kill him leads him to Scotland where his former partner, Charlie Galbraith, has bought a Highland estate. Lew wonders where he found the money to do so?
After three attempts on his life, Lew Burnett decides to remain 'dead' as his only means of staying alive. But one man, ex-mercenary soldier, Alan Crowe, doesn't believe that Lew is dead.
Having discovered Burnett's reasons for 'staying low'. Alan Crowe joins his friend on a trip to a power station under construction. But sad memories wait for construction boss - and danger interferes with reverie.
An embezzler in Switzerland badly needs Burnett's money to by a revolution. What's more, he could the secret behind the attempts on Lew's life. Crowe endeavours to hook the man with help of his mercenary friends.