For the love of her son, Elizabeth Donnelly was going to sneak back to De Colores, an island paradise to the eye, and a horror to the soul. There she would find he boy -- a prisoner of the regime just as she had once been -- and spirit him to safety. Elizabeth sought help from Sloan McQuade, a tough-hearted loner who frequented the trouble spots of the world and always came away with what he wanted. At first he tried to dissuade her, but then she...