TEXAS RANGER SERGEANT A.J. MORALES IS CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE A MURDER IN SAN ANTONIO. THE DECEASED TURNS OUT TO BE A POPULAR MOVIE STAR AND AN OLD FRIEND OF THE RANGERS. HIS INVESTIGATION TAKES MORALES FIRST TO MEXICO AND A RELIGIOUS CULT KNOWN TO PRACTICE BLOOD RITUALS AND HUMAN SACRIFICE, AND THEN TO THE DELTA COUNTRY DEEP IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA WHERE MORALES ENCOUNTERS AN AMBITIOUS POLITICIAN KNOWN AS THE, "BOSS OF THE DELTA," WITH AN INSIDIOUS PLAN TO OVERTHROW THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.