In a place where trees keep secrets, evil takes root. Deep in the South Carolina Lowcountry's dense pine forests, trouble lurks in the Stilton Pine lumber mill. Corey Matthews has discovered a mangled body at his workstation and fears the worst when his best friend, Donnie, is missing. Has the mill's clandestine meth ring he depends on been busted as well? Stilton Pine sizzles with rage, jealousy, fear, and addiction as the normally peaceful town of St. Michael descends into chaos amidst the unleashed turmoil. Who is responsible for the death of one of their leading citizens? Who can be trusted, and who is being framed? It's a race against time as a cross-team of law enforcement pool their resources in a desperate search for the source of the drugs and the perpetrators behind the brutal murder.