Akilla'sEscapeweavesthepresentandpastinacrime-noirabouttheurbanchild-soldier.SetinTorontoandNewYorkwhereover450,00Jamaicansreside,thestoryspeakstothehistoricalcriminalizationofblackboysthatmodernsocietyoverlooks.AkillaBrownisforty-years-oldandforthefirsttimeinhislife,theclandestinecannabisgrowoperationherunsislegit.Onlyoneyearintogovernmentapprovallegalization,thependulumofhypocrisytakesatollandAkilladecidestocashout.Whilemakingaroutinedeliveryonacool,summernight,destinytakesanunexpectedturnwhenAkillaconfrontsafirestormofmaskedyouthsinanarmedrobbery.Intheaftermathoftheheist,Akillacapturesoneofthethieves,amutefifteen-year-oldboynamedSheppard.UponleaningthebanditsareaffiliatedwiththeGarrisonArmy,aJamaicancrimesyndicatehisgrandfatherfounded.Akillaisforcedtoreckonwithacycleofviolencehethoughtheescaped.