"Us against them. That's the law of the cop world. Out on the meanstreets of L.A., the only defense is to be more ruthless than your opponent. You gotta bang with the best of the roughnecks. And the best are the five members of TRASH, an elite team of street cops unafraid to go headup with the city's worst gangbangers. If it means bending the rules, planting a piece, looking the other way for a fellow cop--hey, then that's what it takes to get the job done. The crime-infested Venice Heights section is something Detective Sergeant Rafael "Saint" Santian understands. It's where he grew up, and part of him never left. But the situation is getting out of control. The Crazy Nines, one of the largest gangs in the city, is making moves, while politically ambitious assistant D.A. Constance McGuire is looking to snare Saint and his men. And hidden hands are lighting a torch that will bring up the heat, turning cop against cop in the pressure cooker, as the line gets blurred between gangsta and law enforcer." --