Nine-year-old Charlie is separated from his parents while travelling on a flight to New York. When the plane lands, Charlie has disappeared, but he isn't just pursued by his parents. Ruthless men are after him and the $100 million in bearer bonds Charlie's father hid inside the boy's toy lion.

To former DEA agent Doug Fleming, it is the deal of a lifetime. Carry 100 million dollars in bearer bonds from Caracas to New York as a small favour for an old contact and get the change to rebuild your life. But things never go the way they should.