The novel tells the story of some tenants who live in an apartment building in Brooklyn, New York. There are journal entries by a young black female teenager named Tamara. In the story there are fellow tenants and the novel tells of their lives before a devastating fire that occurs in the building which leaves everyone homeless.

There have been other fires that have spread throughout the city and which turn out to be the handiwork of the same group of arsonists responsible for the fire in Tamata's apartment building. These arsonists have a secret agenda to destroy the fabric of America's political framework; Capitalism.

In the background are demonic forces which have played a role in the calamities of destruction caused by the fires. After the fire, the tenants have to adjust to their new circumstances and they learn the lesson of the transforming power of love.