In postwar Newquay, a Cornishman returns home to live with his childhood best friend. Upon arrival, he learns of her sudden death and is determined to uncover what really happened to her.
Struggling to provide for her bedridden sister, an impoverished prostitute betrays her savage pimp, triggering a gang war which nobody can escape.
In the near future, a politician's controversial decision hurls the country into chaos. Returning home, he and his house mates are faced with the violent consequences.
