He encounters his first love-the feisty, fascinating, and lovely Ciara.
Together they stumble upon a Russian Red Mafiya ring trafficking young girls through Ireland. Unable to convince Irish and American authorities of the human trafficking, Michael, Ciara, and their skateboard friends are faced with the most dangerous choice of their young lives-pursue the murderous Russians and save the girls or simply ride away to save themselves. Sixteen-year-old Michael Callahan is even more confused than the average teenager about who he is, having been born in Bolivia and adopted as a baby by an Irish-American family in New Mexico.