The prodigal son of Cypress, Georgia, returns to Greater Hope Baptist Church, dodging the fallout of an insider trading scandal, only to find his hometown has been consumed by greed, lust and deceit.

The townspeople are forced to relive past horrors when a murder investigation opens the old wounds of a decades-old tragedy.

The divide between good and evil in the town begins to blur as ruthless ambition and secret alliances threaten to breed further hatred and mistrust.

Money becomes the root of all evil as old debts come due.

As the investigation continues, time runs out to settle a dead man's debt. A brutal attack puts Levi face-to-face with devious players from Pastor Johnson's past.

Levi is forced to sacrifice himself to evil in order to protect the innocent, and the detectives close in on their number one suspect.