Seventeen-year-old Nikki Black has been living as a self-imposed lone wolf since her mother died. Lured to southern California by a so-called boyfriend who had plans for her to star in porn films, she escapes and ends up homeless on the streets of Los Angeles with a twelve-year-old addict named Rain trailing in her shadow. The girls seek refuge at a residential hotel above a punk-rock bar in downtown L.A. a few months before the city erupts into chaos during the 1992 riots. When Rain disappears, Nikki finds herself fighting for her own life as she gets closer to uncovering the mystery of the girl's disappearance--which leads her to discover a sinister cover-up by a powerful group that secretly controls the city of angels.