Philadelphia, 1985. Once a booming industrial powerhouse, the city has crumbled into unemployment, homelessness, and explosive racial tension. From this wreckage rises a ferocious new generation of outsiders, giving voice to their rage through distortion, defiance, and an unbreakable punk ethos.

PUNKS is a visceral punk rock novel told through the eyes of Robert “Robbs” Cavelli, a conflicted New York transplant rejecting his conservative upbringing. At the heart of the story is Gemma “Swan” Stinson—brilliant, dangerous, and unyielding—a street-hardened survivor turned activist and punk rock busker whose voice and guitar burn with truth. Together, they find purpose, love, and rebellion within their adopted punk family, the Misfits.

Set against the authentic backdrop of the Philadelphia punk scene, with legendary venues, underground clubs, and political unrest shaping every moment, this is uncompromising punk fiction about identity, resistance, and chosen family. As old demons resurface and the streets threaten to consume them, Gem and Rob must decide whether their music—and their love—can save them, or if the city will claim another generation.

Raw, emotional, and unapologetically loud, PUNKS is a coming-of-age story for anyone who ever believed music could change their life.