Falicia Blakely is born into a family bursting at the seams with dysfunction. Just as she isgetting used to living with her grandmother in Jacksonville, Florida, the feisty fifteen-year-old issuddenly uprooted and sent to live with her mother in Atlanta, Georgia (ATL). Immediately, mother and daughter go head-to-head because Falicia has major problems making theadjustment. Most times, her mother is unaware and emotionally unavailable, which makes it easyfor Falicia to get wrapped up in the dangerous streets of ATL, a place where life moves too fastand too furious for the naïve, troubled teen.Driven by the almighty dollar and the bright lights in the ATL, Falicia grows even morerebellious and meets a slick-talking pimp who lures her into a career as an exotic dancer. Faliciabelieves she has one up on the game until she encounters Mike, a hardcore hustler who teachesher the true meaning of "a beast in these streets." Soon Falicia and an accomplice commit anatrocious evil-a triple homicide. All too late Falicia realizes that manipulation, murder, andmayhem were all created by a savage who still freely roams the streets of Atlanta today.