Dutch, Micah, Javier, Bill and Arthur escaped on a boat. The boat sank in the Carribean, and they were washed ashore on the island of Guarma, a sugar cane producing island off the coast of Cuba. The island is dominated by Colonel Fussar, a local tyrant, kept in power by the sugar companies. The local workers are despondent. The gang, or what remains of them, are pressured into helping by a Haitian smuggler named Hercule. In exchange, he will try to find them passage back to America.

The bank robbery in Saint Denis was a disaster. The gang has been almost destroyed, several members were killed and arrested. Everything seemed lost.