In the wake of a knee injury and the marriage of his best friend, former
Great Smoky Mountains park ranger Lincoln Vailes senses God calling him
to the bayou town of Eternal Springs, Louisiana, to become a police officer.
Recent college graduate and eager social worker Jade Santiago has also moved
there from Philadelphia at the urging of her protective brother, Carlos, who
arranged a job offer she could not refuse. But if Jade is a complete stranger
to the area, why is someone running her car off the road and pointing guns
in her direction? As Lincoln investigates her case, he uncovers ties to big-city
gang warfare up north that appears to be making its evil way down south.