[1] It traces the journey of Dawood Ibrahim from the by-lanes of Dongri where he first cut his teeth in crime, to Dubai, where he eventually established his empire.

The book chronicles the story of notorious Mumbai gangsters like Haji Mastan, Karim Lala, Chhota Rajan, Abu Salem, and primarily Dawood Ibrahim from 1947 to 2011.

The story is primarily about how a boy from Dongri became a don in Dubai and captures his bravado, focus, ambition, and lust for power in a gripping narrative.

Then it moves to tell stories of the menace of the Pathan gang, the short but deadly span of Manya Surve and the rise and fall of Maya Dolas whose location was tipped by Dawood Ibrahim himself in order to cut the hands reaching towards him eventually all the events leading to the making of the don - Dawood Ibrahim.

It's a story of how a young boy from the streets of Dongri, a police man's own son becomes a fugitive from law to hide in Dubai and never to return to his homeland.