Finley, an unnaturally quiet boy who is the only white player on his high school's varsity basketball team, lives in a dismal Pennsylvania town that is ruled by the Irish mob, and when his coach asks him to mentor a troubled African American student who has transferred there from an elite private school in California, he finds that they have a lot in common in spite of their apparent differences.

"Tatsu is ambushed by a yakuza with a beef, and there's only one way to settle things----an epic rap battle! But this throwdown is only a warm-up for the buffet yet to come, because when you're the Immortal Dragon, you don't choose the househusband life, it chooses you!"--Back cover.

Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.

Presents a short history of several gangsters throughout history, including Al Capone, Frankie Fraser and gangs such as the Krays, Richardsons and the Birmingham Boys, using the case files of "The People" and "Daily Mirror".

"At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, friendships maintain the fragile peace. Who among them will become a Beastar--a hero destined to lead in a society naturally rife with mistrust?... As gray wolf Legoshi and dwarf rabbit Haru's relationship intensifies, gray wolf Juno's jealousy grows. Red deer Louis's mysterious absence from school has ramifications for both his friends and his enemies. And while the...