Federal Marshal Frank Leishke is called to the scene of the vicious murder of a prostitute in Douglas, Alaska, in 1916. The site of the largest gold mine in the world, Douglas was also home to numerous bars, prostitutes and itinerant workers. Leishke is aided in his work by friends of the murdered woman, including a housemaid who becomes more to him than he expects. The three work together against a lawless town, an international sex trafficking ring, and the machinations of an adroit killer.