In the history of New York City's underworld, there have been a host
of criminal figures whose exploits have gone on to inspire. Their
stories are told on street corners and in back alleys. One of them is
Jonas Rafferty, known among friends and enemies alike as Wrath.
Jonas, the only boy in a family of four children, came into the world
under less-than-favorable conditions, and he has always been a fighter.
From the neighborhood bullies to his mother's live-in boyfriend who uses
him and his siblings as punching bags, his life has always been one
battle after another. At night, he lies awake and dreams of rising above
his circumstances, and when he crosses paths with rogue homicide
detective Louis Lou Ceavers, he's offered a bargain that will change the
course of his life.
Detective Ceavers becomes like a guardian angel and surrogate father to
Jonas, teaching him the game and guiding him in his quest for power. In
a short time, Jonas goes from errand boy and street muscle to one of the
most dangerous young men in the city, dubbed Wrath because of his
violent exploits.
His dreams are finally becoming a reality, and Wrath feels like he's on
his way to having everything he's ever dreamed of--until Alex, his
childhood crush, comes home on break from college and gives him a
glimpse of love, the one thing he's always craved more than money and
power. Wrath begins to question himself and his decisions as he's drawn
further away from the world he's created and deeper into the stable life
he believes he could have with Alex.
When Alex becomes pregnant, Wrath decides that being there for her and
his unborn child are more important to him than power or money. But when
he seeks to end his arrangement with the detective, he's taught the
final lesson in his education: no bargain comes without a price.
