Francis Muldoon is a special policeman in the notorious Storyville District of New Orleans in 1913. His job is to see that the Districts volatile mixture of sex, alcohol, and gambling doesnt boil over but instead rolls along at a continuous simmer. Once a member of the citys regular police force, he now works for the Districts vice lord, Tom Anderson, patrolling his patrons honky-tonks and saloons and whorehousesboth the high-priced bordellos and the coffinlike cribs where the girls work with only a cot and a washbasin. When Adele, a beautiful singer at the Tuxedo dance hall, draws Francis into a contentious rivalry for her affection, a fatal shootout is the inevitable conclusion, sending the District into a scalding eruption and revealing the central characters for what they are. Filled with the rich atmosphere of Americas most colorful city, Redemption is the powerfully told tale of a mans efforts to restore the integrity of his soul.