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A young military attorney resigns from the Navy after his lover exposes their illicit affair. He reluctantly returns to his small hometown in northern California and takes a job with a charismatic public defender known for reckless behavior. When tragedy strikes, the Narrator is left on his own. Shortly thereafter, he's assigned to defend a high school classmate facing a murder charge. Conflicted feelings about his hometown bubble to the surface. With overwhelming facts pointing to his client's guilt, and the feeling that the whole town is against him, he must navigate small town politics, grapple with his shattered idealism, and confront ghosts from his past. As he embarks on his quest for justice, he must reconcile the truth of what happened in his client's case, and the truth of the man he's become.