Nicky Cruz's classic testimony is still a compelling read 30 years after its first publication. A childhood overshadowed by spiritualism in a Puerto Rican home preceded a harsh and violent adolescence as the leader of one of New York's toughest street gangs. Chilling scenes of knife fights, torture and murder dominated the life of a young man proud and feared on the outside, but inwardly running scared.;His fears and loneliness were brought to the surface through an encounter with preacher David Wilkerson, who led Cruz to open his life to Christ - an incredible conversion that amazed all who knew him.