"My parents didn't survive the grueling hustle of 1997 Washington Heights just for me to play it safe. They taught me El Bregar—the righteous hustle to endure when the system abandons you.​

 

I had my future mapped out: ace my classes at Bronx Science, hold tight to my faith, and become a physician to cure the sick. But textbooks and science can't explain the spacetime-bending war bleeding into my city. When the boy I care about becomes a target for an ancient, supernatural serial killer, I have to make a choice. I can look the other way, or I can step into the dark and become the light that holds the line.