If you liked "Sons of Anarchy" or "Breaking Bad," you will thoroughly enjoy "Straight from the Abyss."
The bikers who cause the school bus to crash do not stop or even look over their shoulders. As they top the third hill nearly two miles away, the bus erupts into a ball of flames. Two of the men are brothers: Chino, the elder, and his "little" brother, Baby-D. The third biker, known as "Kickstand," is related to brothers through the blood of others who have crossed their paths.
We follow the villains from birth until Chino and Baby-D stand like giants at six-foot-six and six-foot-four; Kickstand, the runt, is a mere five-foot-eleven. The men, known as "The Mean Three," are a force to be reckoned with, loyal to their pack, defiant to the end. They live in a rundown warehouse and manufacture methamphetamine so powerful it is worth its weight in gold. They consume their product in mass quantities and, when they run low on supply, hoard it for themselves, ignoring their customers and the widespread panic that rides on the coattails of their addiction.
Seventeen-year-old Curtis loses his parents in an auto accident while they are en route to buy his birthday present. Tormented with guilt, he moves in with his grandparents and attends a new school. Because he is pursued by Cathy, the quarterback's love interest, incensed members of the football team beat them senseless. Curtis seeks revenge with a baseball bat and winds up prison until he turns twenty-five.
Stephanie grows up in upper-class suburbia. Her neighbor, Becky, daughter of a prominent physician, is her best and only friend. As the girls blossom, the doctor's lust for Stephanie runs amok. His attempt at a late-night rape goes awry when Stephanie gives her hot chocolate to Becky who overdoses and dies from her father's illicit concoction.
Curtis gets out of prison, settles down in Santa Cruz and becomes a local hero when he pulls Stephanie and her students from a wrecked and burning school bus, an accident caused by three vicious bikers high on meth and low on accountability. After the children are safely transported to the hospital, Curtis mounts his Harley and disappears into the night, leaving Stephanie and her "kids" wondering who he is, where he has gone and if he will be back. Pining for Curtis, Stephanie tracks him down, and these tragic and attractive characters come together and fall desperately in love.
Curtis and Stephanie cross paths with two of the bikers at a local saloon. When one of them lays hands on Stephanie, Curtis comes to her rescue. Badly beaten and humiliated, Baby-D seeks revenge, and our friends find themselves in for the ride of their lives, hunted like game on the highway to hell.