Through the gang murder of a friend, Blaise, a young Native girl, enters the world of street gangs in Winnipeg. She guides the reader through an intricate maze of enemies and allies, protection and abuse as she struggles to survive. An engrossing coming-of-age story that depicts the gritty and often gruesome realities of life on the mean streets, Deadly Loyalties looks honestly at the violence and pressures that teenagers face when they try to belong. The story reveals how bad choices are not always rooted in bad values and how a search for belonging can result in mistaken loyalties. Deadly Loyalties is a tale of friendship, betrayal and redemption, of loyalty, revenge and survival.