Nearly seventy years after a top-secret escort mission flown by four American aces ends mysteriously, a missionary in Papua New Guinea makes a startling discovery. The flight leader's P-38 Lighting is found deep in the jungle.

Half a world away, others learn of the discovery and race to unlock the past. Greed and betrayal descend on an isolated valley where tribal life, unchanged for a century, is about to be visited by a whirlwind of violence.