Alberto Grimaldi is the ruthless CEO of Seaboard Power, which plans to build a nuclear plant on Swannekke Island, despite a report from Rufus Sixsmith that the plan poses the risk of a nuclear disaster. Grimaldi is one of the most ruthless figures at his company, willing to use the assassin Bill Smoke to kill anyone who stands in the way of his plans. Unfortunately for Grimaldi, Lloyd Hooks and William Wiley are even more ruthless, and they blow up his jet to take control of Seaboard Power.