Of one thing Joe Farrell is certain - love hurts. Love dies. His life has evolved into a nightmare over which he has no control. His only recourse is to flee painful memories in the hope that he will forget. In the cold streets of New York, Joe finds a place with a gang called the Wild Boys. In a club in the Bronx, he meets his destiny. He is drawn into a supernatural bond with the seventeen year old legend the gangs call Tiger. The abused gringo boy who became a living legend meets his soul twin in the young man the Wild Boys took to calling Hawk. The bond between Joe Farrell and Ren le Riche is the one thing that might save them both. But someone is determined to break up that friendship - the Shadowman will go to any lengths to keep them apart, because the key to his vengeful schemes lies locked up in Ren's past, a past he does not want to Joe to explore. His thirst for vengeance could shape or destroy Joe's life. Joe's actions place him in the middle of a war the Shadowman is determined to win. From surfer boy to gangster to world famous rock star, the memory of love had and lost keeps Joe from seeing true love that had always been there. Will the rock star with the shady past find his way home into the arms of the childhood sweetheart who can take away his pain? Or will Joe's flight lead him to darker worlds and greater tragedies?