An Outsiders Story. Ponyboy Curtis is sixteen now, stuck up a year in school as a junior in high school, and still carrying the scars of the friends he lost and the fights he can't forget. He's grown his hair long, bleached blond like it was that night in Windrixville-trying to hold on to the past, even as it threatens to pull him under. Just when it seemed like the streets had calmed, the war between the Greasers and the Socs starts to boil again. The tension isn't just back-it's worse. Someone gets hurt. Bad. And Ponyboy finds himself right back in the middle of it all, with fists flying, blood spilling, and history threatening to repeat itself. He's tired of fighting. Tired of losing. But when loyalty runs deep and revenge burns hot, walking away isn't so simple. Can Ponyboy stop the violence before it takes someone else he loves? Or is peace just another dream that dies young? A gritty, emotional return to the world of The Outsiders, Gold Smoke asks what it really means to stay gold-when everything around you is burning.