Biloxi, Mississippi, 1965. The tides of Vietnam and segregation pull at the nation's seams, but Aaron Hunter just wants to troll the Gulf, lost in a haze of salt and smoke. When the draft shatters that peace, his only sanctuary becomes the belly of the beast: the Biloxi Police, a force corrupted by the Dixie Mafia. He learns the rules of their underworld until a murder breaks them all. As the last man to see the victim alive, Aaron is caught between a search for truth and a mob of crooked cops who demand his loyalty... or his silence.