Ilias's best friend is murdered by mistake. Looking for the killers Ilias gets more and more involved in the criminal drugs world.

Exciting adventure about twelve-year-old Ilias who tries to leave his past in the drug world behind. Twelve-year-old Ilias is confronted with drug crime in his neighborhood at a young age. His best friend Younes is accidentally killed. In search of the perpetrators, Ilias gets deeper and deeper into the drug world and enjoys the quick money, new friendships and his first girlfriend. When one day Ilias sees the couriers driving that he saw carry out the murder of Younes, he manages to tip off the police through a ruse and to remain sidelined himself. But will he be able to leave the drug scene behind?—e-luinstra

Schoolboy Ilias 'Ili' grows up happily with his Dutch mother and Moroccan father, as log as 'big brother' Younes Tahiri, a social worker, gently keeps an eye on him. Shortly after Younes scolds Ilias and Bruno because the latter asks him as drug courier, Younes is fatally shot. Ilias already spent the money on a necklace for his mother's birthday, so agrees to work off his debt by 'odd jobs'. Those bring him ever deeper into crime, seeking to find out Bruno's boss, who ordered his buddy's murder, but may also compromise his study, so his parents consider sending him away.—KGF Vissers