A seventeen-year-old killer named Hope is haunted by the love of his dead mama and the loyalty he has to his older dead brother. Hope is plagued by thoughts of how his brother covered him from being shot in the head. His loyalty is now to his granny whose inevitable fate is being watched by the local police and the Feds. Hope was born in the streets and gambling, selling drugs is how he eats. This young boy has had it hard and that's how this story is going to give it to you. The reader will breathe the same crisp night air as Hope in this gritty, grimy, tale of gunplay, murder, and no hope, it's cold in the winter and the world is even colder, but in his heart, it's the coldest.