Huntington has been called "The Heroin Capital of The United States" by HBO's documentry show The Vice. The city averages three overdoses a day. "The Boiling Point" is a fact-based fiction novel that examines all sides of the epidemic. Dakota Cook and his friends on The Huntington Police Department midnight shift combat the problem every shift. They encounter several interesting characters in their nightly routine. A Detroit gang is moving into Huntington to take over the drug dealing business. "The Road Tripz" led by Heavy immediately murder a dealer, Blue, who is selling fentanyl-laced heroin that caused several addicts to overdose and die. Cash is a local dealer who does not want to join The Road Tripz. He is also dating the daughter of the detective that is investigating Blue's murder. Cash becomes the target of both The Road Tripz and The HPD. An old Huntington Police Department legend, The Old Centaurians, reunite to help combat the drug epidemic that has Huntington in it's grasp. There are plenty of facts about the drug epidemic mixed in with interesting characters and adventerous subplots.