This novel introduces Mikal, a naive and impressionable young boy who grows up idolizing his Uncle Lucky, a ruthless gangsta who once terrorized the Streets of Philadelphia. At age eight, Mikal witnesses the murder of his uncle. Not wanting to leave any witnesses, the perpetrator turns the gun on Mikal, intending the same fate for him; but the gun jams, leaving Mikal alive with the unshakable responsibility for revenge. Mikal finds himself emulating...