At age seven, L'il Ray was forced to grow up in the coldhearted streets of Southern California - a place where anything and everything was likely to happen...especially MURDER. Now at the age of seventeen, L'il Ray has found his niche in a hustlers' world, but can't seem to shake one of man's worst fears: Death! With so much going on around him, L'il Ray is faced with a life changing decision when someone else he loves is killed. Now, with his world turned upside down, will he opt for redemption, or settle for a dish best served cold...REVENGE?