The Awakening igal s about Jamal Heart, who has been free from prison with the help of his sister Aisha Heart, an attorney, and Prince, Jamal's student and friend whom he considers his brother, Jamal tried to live a legal life with his two wives, and children. He was the second man in charge in Black Sunday Organization, until he decided to retire after being freed from prison of charges he didn't commit. He was set up by a corrupted District Attorney, David Clark and his corrupted henchmen on the police force along with Jamal's ex-associate Hakim, who wanted Jamal's place in the organization ... There were a cartel who had moved into upstate New York, and they wanted Black Sunday's turf in Harlem. They had killed Christian, Jamal's baby mother, and his father, Jimmy Black, who was the Head of the Black Sunday Organization .... A war had begun between the two powerful organizations bringing Jamal back out of retirement. Jamal had a team of professional female killers, whom he and his sister Alisah formed, and the Death Squad, who protected him. They all waged a vicious war on the streets of Harlem and upstate New York...