The New Vigilantes are a small group of Vietnam vets, bound together by their years as POWs and by their loyalty to their charismatic millionaire leader, Stuart Harlow. Dismayed by the disintegration of the society they return to, ""The Hounds,"" as they are dubbed, undertake their own war against drug traffic in the U.S. Sponsored by Harlow's millions, they work with N.Y.C.'s mayor and the police department as a private investigatory' force. But once betrayed by the politicos, their resolution to carry on alone leads them to sources in Indo-China, Corsica, Marseilles, and eventually to a fabulous hideaway in New Jersey.