With all of New York City searching for an 8-year-old girl, down-and-out drug addict, Francis Darling, accidentally stumbles onto the machinations behind her kidnapping and the ensuing drug war. Can he stay straight long enough to find her? Follow Francis into every bad neighbourhood your mother warned you about. Veins full of dope. Will like bulletproof glass. And a haunted revolver named Delilah. WORD OF WARNING: this story is lousy with drugs, violence, and heartbreak - there''s no way around it, I''m afraid.