This changes when her elder brother, Henry Lieberman, and his best friend, Thomas Junger, are pulled overseas and into the Drüschadter, Nadorettee war. Times become desperate for the Scarlets and their rival gang, the Bladers, when the king of Drüschadt decides that a new police commissioner will clean up the streets of her home city. Unlikely alliances and a "secret" romance leave Ruth's head spinning. She wonders if she will ever prove herself to her father and
brother... or if the Scarlet gang, along with her entire livelihood, will all come crashing down around her and cease to exist.