While kidnapped in Laredo, Texas by a hate group, 12-year-old Rush Pena witnesses the murder of three immigrant children before escaping with his life. His trial testimony brings the murderers to justice, but not without making Rush and his family the target of racist vigilantes. Kidnapping, murder, and rescues abound. The Pena family and their friends are forced to stop the human trafficking, drug cartels and general hate groups waging war against them. The struggle continues when Rush attends an Eastern Seaboard college and discovers that cultural hatred isn't limited to the Border States.