Alex goes undercover as a prisoner and, with the help of Kai and Enesto, figures out how The Waterboarder has been running his criminal empire from behind bars.
The partner who betrayed Alex shows up on the island, and Alex's long-absent daughter shows up on his doorstep to tell him she's joined the Peace Corps.
When Alex temporarily moves in with Ernesto, he is drawn into a family drama that transcends generations, spans decades, and proves that, indeed, the past is never dead. It is not even passed.
Before the grand opening of Mactan's new resort casino owned and operated by the Villegas family, Ann Villegas recruits Alex to test the casino's security system.
When Alex entangles himself in the homicide investigation on behalf of his love interest Ann Villegas, he is forced to befriend a geriatric couple with peculiar personality traits.
When a typhoon hits the island, criminals and their hostages become trapped inside the police station; Alex must find a way to save his friends as well as a sworn enemy.
When the body of a friend of Detective Alamares washes up on a beach, Alex suspects the international smugglers who just checked in at the resort may be involved.
When a crew for a reality TV show exploring sunken WWII battlegrounds arrives at the resort, Alex's need for rent money ensnares him in an illicit dive operation with potentially catastrophic consequences.
Kai is assigned to a clandestine intelligence operation during the wedding of Tommy Chow aka the Scorpion, the boss of the Qin Xiong Di, Hong Kong's most brutal Triad. Alex is unintentionally dragged in the deadly dangerous game.
A local priest is murdered over a long-lost ancient cross - which Magellan held in his hand the day he was killed by Lapu-Lapu in the battle of Mactan. Alex, Kai, and Ernesto must solve the priest's murder and find the lost across.
