Solomon Woods is a professional African American male, raising his teen-aged son, Isaiah. This is a relatively easy task for this automotive design engineer, with exception to his daily struggle to hide his secret life and habits from his son. The lure of drugs, money, and enigmatic women is in direct conflict with his desire to maintain a strong relationship with God and Isaiah. This self induced struggled renders Solomon shackled in a state of spiritual and emotional unrest.  

Brotherwood is a fictionalized account of real-life events, told by author Gregory B. Williams, who in March of 2000 found himself caught in the cross fire of the war or drugs and facing eight mandatory years in the Ohio State Penitentiary.