Cicero Day controls his gangland territory with terror, brutality, and shrewd business sense. Like his mobster father, he instills fear throughout the Kansas City underworld, wielding all manner of weaponry -- guns, knives, poison, trained beasts, and even HI V. Yet he fears no one -- not even God.

Though nightmares haunt his sleep and his mother prays constantly for his soul, Cicero believes there is no place for myths in the life of a man ascending to power. He is dreaded by some and revered by others. But as he barrels down a path of violence, an unseen kink in his seemingly impenetrable armor forces him to choose -- ambition or redemption?