For the first time in his life, Degsy Hay is settled. He doesn’t have to worry about which bin his next meal’s coming from, which snowy bench he’s gonna sleep on, or who he’ll have to fight to stay alive. His dream of setting up the Hay Patrollers has become a reality, and his crew of young people are making the community a better place, patrolling shopping centres, cleaning up the neighbourhood, helping the elderly and disabled. Life is good.

Then, one night, his house is torched with him and his friends inside. He barely makes it out in one piece, and best friend Winston is even less fortunate. He is alive but left in a coma, and it doesn’t look good. Someone out there has a serious problem with his vision for a safer, gang-free London, and they ain’t gonna stop setting fires till Degsy gets the message.

Determined to end this, Degsy scours the streets and tracks down an adversary far more dangerous than he had imagined. The only way out will drag him back down into a gutter he has fought so hard to escape: to violence, deception and criminal activity. And when he is forced to ask himself just how far he will go to protect his friends, family and the Hay Patrollers, even he is surprised by the explosive answer.