Paul Toye gives the ultimate sacrifice, his life, to save his father from a fate worse than death. The arrival of a letter explaining his unexpected death jolts, Houston architect, Fred Rizk, not only a friend, but a former business partner into revisiting old wounds and feelings buried long ago in the Texas oil-bust. Paul an avid sailor was lost overboard. Was his death accidental or a cause of foul play? And why, after all this time, was Rizk summoned to New Orleans for a reading of his will? Compelled to find the truth and seek closure, Fred Rizk travels to the Mississippi Gulf Coast where the story unfolds during Mardi Gras at a time when the Redneck Riviera is struggling to rid itself of past racial tensions and labels akin to "Jackpot Justice." Transformed from a string of dilapidated fishing hamlets dotted with rundown mom and pop motels into a gambling Mecca, the area is experiencing a rebirth. Rizk finds himself in a fight for his own life.