<p>A down-on-his-luck book salesman, specializing in all things street fiction, Rodney Gilcrest finds out the hard way that his volatile, overbearing personality traits have ultimately led to a messy divorce and the termination of his long-term librarian career. Thus begins his creepy, unhealthy obsession for one O&#39;Kevia Smith better known as Onyx, the wildly popular bestselling urban fiction novelist. Once Rodney establishes an unlikely platonic friendship with Onyx, a nightmarish series of events unfolds, leading to kidnapping and murder as the deranged, street hustler&#39;s psychotic fixation for the sexy, young author snowballs.</p>