1963. The CIA's ace agent, Blackford Oakes, has just been brought in on a deadly caper in Castro's Cuba - Operation Mongoose. Its Object: Castro's assassination. Unknowingly, Oakes is the Agency's pawn in a deadly game of international tit for tat. From the salsa beat of Miami's Cuban quarter to the sultry rhythm of Castro's inner sanctum, betrayal by both lovers and friends is afoot. Now fall guy Oakes is privy to a mad plot to kill President Kennedy. But there's an added twist to Castro's revenge... and if Oakes can't stop him, millions will die.