The summer of 1946. Earl Swagger, ex-Marine and holder of the Congressional Medal of Honor, is haunted by what he did and what he saw in the blood-soaked Pacific War. Many of his men died: now he has to endure his guilt, the memory of his abusive father, his own impending parenthood and the lure of the bottle. He believes himself almost beyond redemption: an angry man with nowhere to go in the post-war peace.
But there is a new war, one that is being carried out in America's heartland: the war against organized crime. Justice has all but broken down in places: nowhere more so than in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the reigning capital of corruption, the Las Vegas of its age. When the District Attorney vows to take on the Mob head to head, Earl is the man chosen to lead a team of rookie cops into the fray. As casino raids erupt into nerve shattering combat, Earl and his men have to battle not only heavily armed mobsters but also wily politicians who will sell out anyone. No one, anywhere is to be trusted.
Yet in this hellish crucible, Earl finds his true self again, and the raw courage that made him the recipient of his country's highest award for bravery.
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