Jules Carter is determined to draw up a new set of rules for an old game. Not for him the proof of the oldest street maxim: every hustler either goes to prison or dies. Carter's going to get it and he's going to keep it. He's got a plan. And it looks like it's working - until he meets Tish, a young, ambitious girl determined to escape Harlem but tied to the streets by her love for Carter. When Tish finds out about Carter's past demons she connects them with some of her own and the line between love and hate begins to blur...
