A plane lands on a deserted airstrip where five dead bodies are found the next day. Vinnie LeBlanc, an Ojibwa tribal member and blackjack dealer at a local casino, is now missing. His friend, Alex McKnight is worried, since Vinnie does not usually miss a day at work. There's a deadly crime war creeping into upper Michigan, and Alex cannot believe that Vinnie could be involved, but where is he?