Living in modern-day California, Will Tomsey is a rehabilitated New York City criminal making a fresh start in San Diego. A coked-up motorcycle mechanic kills his only son, Jack Kennedy Tomsey. The justice system fails a tormented Will, and he reverts to his former habits and friends. Along the way, things go painfully wrong, and Will critically injures a member of an outlaw motorcycle gang. The gang, Los Nino Del Diablo (Children of the Devil), is profiting from a relationship with the Tijuana cartel, involving drug and immigrant smuggling. The same determined detective, Homicides Lieutenant Hicks, who solved the death of Wills son, is in a race with the motorcycle gang in the hunt for Will. Along the way, Will finds out the answer to one of lifes most important questions, which guides him on his journey.