On an urban battleground dangerously divided along racial lines probation officer Steve Baum is desperately struggling to hold on to the last remaining shreds of his idealism - until Darryl King invades his world. A deranged young sociopath one of the most bloodthirsty creations of a diseased society Darryl has come to drag Baum along with him into an inescapable morass of terror and corruption. And as their ravaged city explodes they will stand face-to-face - mortal enemies trapped together in the heart of a devastating inferno that threatens to consume them both.