Falicia Blakely is born into a family bursting at the seams with dysfunction. Just as she is
getting used to living with her grandmother in Jacksonville, Florida, the feisty fifteen-year-old is
suddenly 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 the
adjustment. Most times, her mother is unaware and emotionally unavailable, which makes it easy
for Falicia to get wrapped up in the dangerous streets of ATL, a place where life moves too fast
and too furious for the naïve, troubled teen.
Driven by the almighty dollar and the bright lights in the ATL, Falicia grows even more
rebellious and meets a slick-talking pimp who lures her into a career as an exotic dancer. Falicia
believes she has one up on the game until she encounters Mike, a hardcore hustler who teaches
her the true meaning of "a beast in these streets." Soon Falicia and an accomplice commit an
atrocious evil-a triple homicide. All too late Falicia realizes that manipulation, murder, and
mayhem were all created by a savage who still freely roams the streets of Atlanta today.