Two tough private detectives appear in North Fork searching for a young boy about Mark's age. Their employer is paying them a substantial sum to locate his long-lost son, and the unscrupulous detectives, convinced that the son is dead, have decided to pick out a boy who fits the description and pass him off as the son in order to collect their money. Lucas becomes involves when the detectives decide that Mark fills the bill. He finds his life in danger when he discovers that the detectives will stop at nothing to deliver Mark as the boy they're searching for.