A Soldier of the Revolution tells the story of Michael Reardon, an easygoing and contemplative American who passes his days in the high plateau of a South American country gathering information
that disappears into the maw of a cosmetics company's scholarly foundation. His slow, easy, and aimless life is interrupted when he is kidnapped by a ragtag bunch of guerillas who plan to
hijack the local radio station and broadcast to the local Indians news of the impending revolution.