With its ever-threatening weather and harsh terrain, life on the Alaskan Peninsula can be challenging. But for Wayne Carpenter, an Alaskan bush pilot, Dillingham, Alaska, is where he calls home. Nicknamed "Hammer" for his aggressive flying style, he is one of the best in business. During a routine food drop to his best friend Bill Rankowski, owner of Iliamna Fishing Guide Service, Hammer suspects that something isn't quite right with his friend and the lodge. Risking his life, Hammer investigates and finds that Bill's lodge has been overtaken by an al Qaeda terrorist cell. While Bill survives the ordeal, his lodge cook and the animals do not. And the stakes grow larger when cell members threaten Hammer's family. Vowing retribution, Carpenter and Bill hatch a plan to track down the terrorists and exact revenge. They do not know that they face Toni Larucci, one of the most ruthless terrorists within al Qaeda.