After the death of his mother, the 17-year-old Joshua Cody moves to stay with his relatives in a beach town in Southern California. Joshua's family business is run by his grandmother, Janine Cody. Her main assistant is the eldest of the Cody brothers, Poup. The other sons also help their mother as much as they can. Soon Joshua realizes that the family business is connected with crime, and that now he has, whether he wants it or not, become part of this new and deadly world.