The good guys in a new African nation are missing a treasury full of diamonds; the nation's corrupt leader has stashed the rocks somewhere in New York City. Now the good guys need a specialist to get their diamonds back, so they come to the best in the business: Parker. Only the three mysterious tough guys came to Parker, too. They figured three hands filled with .38s could convince him to pass up this international gem game. But leaning on Parker was like pressuring a box of TNT with a short fuse.