Blackmail, a secret society, and a white supremacist running for governor are the key ingredients for a tale about guilt, privilege, and racism in New Orleans. Paul Blanchard's comfortable world is turned upside down when his old fraternity brother, Mark Morvant, threatens to expose the secret that Paul has been harboring for 20 years. He demands that Paul secure for him the backing of a clandestine organization caleld The White League, a group he maintains is the real power in New Orleans. As his well-ordered world begins to collapse around him, Paul struggles with the moral consequences of his own past.
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