IN LOS ANGELES EARLY IN THE MORNING, THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE LIFE OF A HOMELESS MAN named nathaniel AYERS, WHO LOST HIS DREAM WHEN HAVING TO FACE PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA. from there on his LIFE IS TURNED AROUND WHEN HAVING TO DROP OUT FROM JUILLIARd one of the best music schools in the world. His dream was lost of being a musician, until he met steve LOPEZ who help him bring his dream back on track. steve faces through trials and struggles to get nathaniel's life back to normal, but slowly works his way to accomplish his dream as becoming a musician.