One Summer, Two boys-in search of manhoodGrowing up is hard to do, especially when you are surrounded by adults who think they know what's best for you in conjunction with the attractive lure of the streets. Lorenzo, Jr. (LJ) & Bee find life in the Low Reign to be exactly like the name indicates but for different reasons.At 15, LJ longs for the day he can leave home and be rid of his misguided police officer father, his overbearing worrisome mother, and his annoying little brother. Bee wants to be free to pursue his dream of becoming a world-renowned chess player and shed the weight of his alcoholic abusive father, Charles. Charles seems to have drained all the fight out of his battered wife, who is afraid to leave her abuse situation and even more afraid she'll lose Bee to the streets like his older brother. With no one to support their dreams both young men struggle to forge their own path to higher ground where they can reign without question.During the summer of 1991, in the Low Reign, LJ and Bee finds themselves in a life-altering situation that will shake the fabric of their lives forever during their search for the true meaning of manhood. It's hard to change when you realize what you've been taught about being a man was wrong even if not doing so could cost you everything you have and rob you of what you hoped to be.