known by his friends as tlova terry maddox is an intelligent and crafty individual who is determined to rise to the top of the underground drug trade along with his best friend jihad and their crew mack is an ambitious yet ruthless hustler who runs south philly with his partner shawn detectives todd and latrice reed are siblings who are hell bent on solving a slew of murders in hopes that it will prevent more casualties and bring the killers to justice marty frankel is a high powered commodities trader who loses everything of value in his life due to his loyalty he now faces an uphill battle to regain his stature as well as seek a calculating revenge for the man responsible for his falter whether its a war against rival drug dealers a war for justice or a war to gain a position of power they are all fully engaged what will happen when their lives collidefrom the unforgiving inner city streets of syracuse new york and philadelphia pennsylvania to the prominence of manhattan this is a war for power like youve never seen it