Sivawong Piyakesin

Tham searches for his brother Tae in order to deliver the news of their parents' passing. Tae is ordained as a monk at a temple on Don Sing Tham Island. On arrival, Tham meets Jate, the grandson of the former abbot. Jate makes hoon payon, enchanted effigies of the dead. Tham learns of a rumour that Tae vanished after murdering the abbot.

After the ruler of Dahla is assassinated for opposing drug traffickers, Chao Suea Phiangfa returns to govern the peaceful border city. As he intensifies the fight against criminal syndicates using Route 4 to smuggle drugs into Thailand, he must protect his people from enemies determined to preserve their illicit empire.