A top terrorist. Joe Walsh of the Irish Socaist Army, is sprung whilst being moved between prisons in the Irish Republic at the cost of eight lives. The calm that follows is unexpected and leads Irish Special Branch to believe an uneasy truce has been negotiated between the ISA and the IRA. Add to them a member of Baader-Meinhoff and an American gun for hire and you have an explosive mix that could soon blow the truce apart.