The Betterton Fracture tells the story of the town of Betterton, North Carolina, which is under siege by a swelling number of outsiders.
The new residents are filling up an abandoned neighborhood which used to house the workers of the now-closed Mulldune Mill.
These intruders are arriving by invitation and under the leadership of Delbert Beech Bethune- an outside businessman with starkly extreme views on race, among other prejudices.
Tension mounts as the newcomers grow in .