Johnny Turner is an ambitious soul and wishes only of two things: Bonnie Wilkes and wealth. The heart wants what it wants, and he wants it quickly and painlessly.Travel to Depression Era Georgia and follow the rise and fall of a moonshine runner as he gains wealth, power, greed, and ambition. The poor sharecropper, from a small town in Georgia, finds his own means to obtain the things he desires. He climbs the ladder of a bootlegging business, which rises suspicion with a local G-Man, Frank Gibbs. Johnny must slither and slink his way from the grips of Agent Gibbs as he and his underboss, Sonny Norton, cross the South with the infamous White Liquor. Passion, greed, and hatred lead Johnny blindly as his business takes a jolting turn sourly. He must choose between the woman he loves and the business he for which he sought as his own.
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