In the dead of night, Josie Bates is ripped from sleep by the sounds of an epic storm raging over Hermosa Beach. A man beats on her door, begging her to help Billy Zuni who is drowning in the raging sea. She arrives at the shore just in time to see the teenager pulled from the water, battered and near death. Ready to kill Billy's selfish, neglectful mother, Josie rushes to the Zuni house only to find someone has beaten her to it. Two men lie dead...