Its the trial of the century in a 1940s North Carolina townMurder and vigilante justiceWar hero and law student Wes Ross has to save his unclebut hide the truthTaught to shoot in the rough logging camps of the North Carolina swamps Wes Ross remembers his lessons well Dodging hostile gunfire with dozens of other young Marines he storms a remote Pacific island as one of Carlsons Raiders in the first commandostyle attack of World War II He blasts several Japanese snipers from their palmtree hideouts with buckshot before an enemy bullet sends him homeThe Carolina home front includes a new girlfriend and a new occupation learning to be a rural lawyer in his uncles law office including courtroom intrigue and what goes on behind the scenes Wes like his uncles is a good man the kind who takes up for the poor and downtrodden looking out for those who are easy prey for bulliesFrog Cutshaw is the storekeeper in the Caney Fork backwoods a swaggering exmoonshiner who is deadly with his everpresent 45 auto pistol Frogs daylight rape of a married woman and the brutal killing of her husband bring on Bible Belt vigilante justice an eye for an eye a life for a life