Publisher's Synopsis
Cisco, a young black male who grew up on the rough street Pierre Avenue in Shreveport Louisiana and raised by his Grandmother, is blessed with God given talent to run like the wind at a very young age. This would eventually lead to him breaking 8th and 9th grade national track-n-field records as he grew older and more popular. This new found fame also attracts the negativity that surrounds him daily eventually persuading and changing Cisco as he becomes rebellious and un-coachable and decides not to run anymore as a result. And falling deeper into the influence of new friends and the philosophies of Pierre Avenue he also broke up with his girlfriend who was unwilling to have sex before marriage. This new conformed attitude made him fertile soil for the corruption that he grew up around all his life, but was shielded from by his religious great grandmother and street cred of his grandmother, which slowly sucked him in before finally becoming 100 percent street and further away from the track.George "Chicken" Swift, an Olympic track star in the 100 meters in his day falls to the corruption of the streets, that derailed his career, saw potential in Cisco as a youth and also noticed that Cisco was spiraling down the wrong path as he did. He decides to help Cisco by showing him his new change of heart and how he can do the same and not wait so long like him. Can he break the chain and prevent the cycle from continuing before it's too late?
