It's 1900. The newly formed U.S. Secret Service has sent its best man on a vacation, of sorts. A foiled assassination attempt on the President has caused the death of a fellow agent and embarrassed the service. A hum-drum assignment chasing counterfeiters on a tropical island seems the best prescription, allowing Agent Jack Price to relax and think about his future. "Ill Wind" is the story of Galveston Island at the start of the twentieth century...