For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
State Representative Tommy Caffee is a rising star in Rhode Island politics and the political boss of his home ward. The murder of local gangster Patty Mullin opens the door to the return of Tommy's brother, Michael Caffee, whom Patty had sworn to kill. Michael locates his old partner, Pete McGonagle, and starts to reassert himself in Providence. Irish mob boss Freddie Cork threatens to have Michael killed unless Tommy throws some lucrative State contracts his way. Detective Declan Giggs, a childhood friend of the Caffees, begins investigating Michael's return. Tommy's wife, Eileen Caffee, deals with her own demons via drugs, alcohol and a string of extramarital affairs.