A coming-of-age tale set in North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains. Jacob McNeely was raised around drugs. His father is the local meth kingpin, with enforcers to make sure he stays that way. But Jacob is torn between sticking with the family business and wanting something more stable in his life. This is complicated by the fact that he has fallen in love with the stepdaughter of a man determined to take down his family's criminal empire.