After 14 years in the United States, Greg Dickson returns to his familys plantation in the Philippines to settle his slain fathers estate. Boyhood friend Bart Rogers and his wife Cindy meet Gregs plane at Manila, but he dismisses their warnings about the marauding Huks, fanatic guerrillas who are plundering nearby plantations. They repulse a Huk attack on the way to the plantation and are met by Stephen Rogers, Barts father and the village schoolteacher. With him is Philippine Army Major Balatbat who tells Greg that Kalak, leader of the Huks and murderer of Gregs father, is also after him.