The book opens in a N.Y.C. park during a heated basketball game. Vic Sasso, a Brooklyn-born basketball hero, attends St. John?s University on a full basketball scholarship, watches conflicted about the rage of the players. The game turns deadly when a player fatally slashes an opponent. Vic attempts to help, but his feeble efforts fail. As a result of the death, Vic suffers through what is now labeled, PTSD. Vic?s father, an ex-pug, blames him for being in the park. His mother nurtures himwhile his younger brother fears him. Two NYPD cops question only to eventually aid him with his conflicts. Throughout the book, Vic recalls phrases from his coaches that explain the game. They come in the form of instructions that liven up the reader?s understanding and interest in key aspects of the game of basketball. The plot takes on a nasty turn when Vic thirsting to play on the starting five sells his game for money and position. At this point, he falls in love with a beautiful coed, who helps him solve his sexual dilemma only to find them submerged in a test of their character. The final scenes are packed with emotion, life-changing decision-making, reversals, twist and turns, homicides, surprises, tests of character that show transformations in the character?s personalities that help to resolve their complex problems with pathos and humanity.