Even though hes the only black student at the elite Palmetto Grove Academy, star basketball player and future NBA hopeful Odin James has the adoration of all, including the teams coach and the Deans beautiful daughter Desi. Odins troubled friend Hugo, the coachs son, is deeply resentful of his fathers preference of Odin on and off the court. When Hugo plots a diabolical scheme to sow the seed of mistrust between O and Desi, it sets in motion a disturbing chain of events which erupts into a firestorm of breathtaking intensity.