Empire of Sin recreates the remarkable story of New Orleans years war against itself pitting the citys elite better half against its powerful and longentrenched underworld of vice perversity and crime This earlythcentury battle centers on one man Tom Anderson the undisputed czar of the citys Storyville vice district who fights desperately to keep his empire intact as it faces onslaughts from all sides Surrounding him are the stories of flamboyant prostitutes crusading moral reformers dissolute jazzmen ruthless Mafiosi venal politicians and one extremely violent serial killer all battling for primacy in a wild and wicked city unlike any other in the world