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If therea�TMs one thing 17-year-old Maverick Carter knows, ita�TMs that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang legend, Mav does that the only way he knows how: dealing for the King Lords. Until, that is, Maverick finds out hea�TMs a father. Suddenly he has a baby who depends on him for everything. Ita�TMs not so easy to sling dope, finish school, and raise a child. When hea�TMs offered the chance to go straight, he takes it, but you cana�TMt just walk away from the King Lords. Loyalty, revenge, and responsibility threaten to tear Mav apart, especially after the brutal murder of a loved one. Hea�TMll have to figure out for himself what it really means to be a man.