Eli McCullough has grown up with the state of Texas itself, surviving the great struggles of Texas’s history. Through these travails, he lost two families, grew a large cattle ranch and is now desperate to ensure his legacy by transitioning the family business into oil. Eli believes that the essence of human nature is brutality, desire, envy and greed; and that, eventually, all men will revert to their natural condition of war. Eli lives by this creed, running his business, raising his children and mentoring his grandchildren to prepare for a brutal and unjust world. His unflinching and fearless presentation masks a deep love for his family and an unshakeable fear that they may not be equipped for what lies ahead.