In the wake of a brutal storm that lashed the Door County peninsula,
Sheriff Dave Cubiak assesses the damage: broken windows, downed trees,
and piles of mysterious debris along the shoreline. He leaves the
comfort of his home and heads out into the aftermath, checking in with
folks along the way to offer help. His assistant, marooned at the
justice center overnight, calls with an ominous message about a body
discovered on the beach. When the medical examiner discovers the man
didn't simply drown during the storm, Cubiak searches for answers.
Chasing leads, the sheriff learns the victim directed a troupe of
live-action role players living in an ersatz Camelot. In a setting where
pretense in the norm, Cubiak must determine if suspects are who they say
they are or if their made-up identities conceal a ruthless killer. As
tensions escalate among neighbors unhappy about the noise and commotion,
the sheriff discovers that more than one person on the peninsula has a
motive for murder.