Lambert Hampton is the man the small, drought-ravaged country town of Munni-Munni turn to when they uncover $3 million stolen from bookies by ruthless bandits.

A former bank manager, Lambert uses the money and his considerable entrepreneurial skills to rescue the town and set it on a viable, economic footing.

However, the day of reckoning comes when the criminals are released from gaol. The crims want the money. The cops want the money. A rogue insurance investigator wants the money. And so do Australia s two most notorious hit men.

In trying to save his town and all he s achieved, Lambert is forced to risk everything his life, the lives of the town folk, his own daughter, ten thousand barramundi and a really lovable Jack Russell.