The year is 1952.
"A headless body, found on a causeway between Singapore and Malaya, gets assigned to ex-military investigator Ash Carter. Now working for the government, he needs to find out if this is just another drug-war punishment or something more. His search for answers takes him through Malaya as far as Penang. But with children going missing, he starts to uncover connections to the establishment. He knows he's getting close to the truth. Too close... The investigation gets shut down. But he knows it's not over. And it's not in his nature to quit."