Keith Rudy and Hugh Malco were childhood friends, but as teenagers their lives took them in different directions when Keith’s father, Jesse, a legendary prosecutor determined to clean up Biloxi, goes after Hugh’s father, Lance, boss of Biloxi’s criminal underground. When Keith returns from law school to follow in his father’s footsteps, he reunites with Hugh, who has forgone school to work in his father’s clubs. The two families are headed for a showdown—one that ultimately happens in a courtroom.