Ernie Politics, a schizophrenic albino with a penchant for political rants and crackpot conspiracy theories, has been murdered. The LAPD has no interest in wasting time and manpower on the random death of one homeless man, so Ray Cobb, Ernie's best friend, decides to investigate the murder for himself. Finding a cryptic note Ernie scrawled days before his death, Ray realizes that Ernie's crazy rav
ings and irrational writings may contain hidden clues about the identity of his killer. Ray's investigation pulls him deep into the dangerous underworld of the Los Angeles streets, leading him to discover a vagrant underground railroad, a poker game where the stakes are one’s life, and a political conspiracy that entangles him with a LAPD cold case detective. Ray uncovers more about Ernie than he expects to and learns that when you live on the streets, the only person you can trust is yourself.
