Rocco and Besha DeLuca rise from grinding poverty to feed alcohol to the monsters of 1920s prohibition - Arnold 'The Brain' Rothstein, Joe Masseria, Bugsy Seigal, Dutch Schultz, Lucky Luciano, and the viscious duo of Johnny Torio and Al Capone - along with the many other ruthless American mobsters who fill their pockets with riches while blood stains their hands. But Rocco and Besha are no saints themselves. He's the muscle and she's the brains as they climb over the bodies to become king and queen of the bootleggers and rum-runners and create their Whiskey Empire.