K'wan

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Michigan

The Omen

When Animal returns to Harlem, he is captured by Shai Clark and sentenced to death by the crime boss, only to discover that the executioner is actually his missing father, and the two band together to defeat a common enemy.

Animal 2

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Louisiana

K'wan, one of this generation's most talented and gritty writers, delivers his bloodiest story yet. Animal follows the infamous fugitive from K'wan's best-known Hood Rat Series on a revenge mission from the rugged streets of Puerto Rico to the scene of the original crime, Harlem, NY.

"One bullet changed everything."

Three years after narrowly escaping a one-way trip to the gas chamber, the fugitive known only as Animal finds himself drawn back to the scene of the crime, Harlem, NY.

Throughout his entire time in exile the only thing that kept Animal going was the thought that he would one day be reunited with his soulmate, Gucci, but one bullet changed everything. When his enemies tried to murder Gucci, they crossed the line--so he vows to cross them all.

While Gucci teeters between life and death, Animal sets out on a bloody mission fueled by love and orchestrated by bullets--there would be no more innocents. Alliances are formed and secrets uncovered while Animal wages his personal war on the streets of Harlem with the end result revealing one great truth--he is only a small piece in a much greater puzzle.

Animal

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Newyork street lit new book sequel to hoodlum. Black author of the year in 2008. Kwan foye is a bestselling crime novelist. He has nonprofit called write to eat to feed the hungry. 266 pages. Kingston imperial urban fiction triller softcover from 2017. 

Alaska

The good son

Top-notch street lit...one of the top urban fiction novels of the year." - Library Journal All he ever wanted to be was a Good Son ... Shai Clark was an all-American basketball player with aspirations of one day making it to the NBA, but that all changed when his father was viciously murdered and he found himself thrust into the role of the new head of his family's criminal enterprise. After waging a war on the streets of New York that lasts nearly three years, it seems like peace is finally being restored to the land and Shai can get back to focusing on continuing his father's mission to legitimize the Clark family— but little does he know it was only the calm before the storm. Not everyone respects his claim to the Clark empire, and when new and old enemies start to come out of the woodwork, Shai will find that inheriting the throne was one thing, but holding onto it will prove to be a far more difficult task.

Hoodlum 2 

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Suddenly Shai finds himself at the head of his father's empire and the streets are thrown into chaos...

Maryland

A Novel

The scion of one of the city's most notorious crime families, Shai Clark, unlike his older brother Tommy, has always shunned his father's criminal underworld, until his father is murdered, Tommy is removed from the equation, and Shai finds himself the reluctant head of his father's empire. By the author of Street Dreams. Original. 50,000 first printing.

Hoodlum

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Texas

Jonas Rafferty, known among friends and enemies alike as Wrath, always dreamt of rising above his circumstances, and when he crosses paths with rogue homicide detective, he's offered a bargain that will change the course of his life. Detective Ceavers becomes like a guardian angel and surrogate father, teaching him the game and guiding him in his quest for power. His dreams are finally becoming reality when Alex, his childhood crush, gives him a glimpse of the one thing he's always craved more than money and power: love. Wrath begins to question himself and his decisions as he's drawn further away from the world he's created and deeper into the stable life he believes he could have with Alex.

Wrath

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Revelations

After making a promise to leave the street life behind, a shocking revelation forces Animal back into the game to face his greatest opponent yet.

After years of war on the streets the man known only as Animal is finally able to hang up his guns. He's paid his debt to society for the crimes he's committed, and thanks to the sacrifice made by the father he barely knew, old scores have been settled. For the first time in his life, he's able to find the peace that had eluded him for so long and settle down with his wife Gucci and their son T.J. Animal's future is looking bright--that is, until someone from his past resurfaces with a shocking revelation.

When Animal's former lover, Red Sonja, shows up on his doorstep with a little girl, claiming Animal is the father, he and Gucci immediately fear it's a ploy for money. But Red Sonja has come to collect a debt of a different kind, one that can only be paid in blood. A powerful man is hunting Red Sonja and her daughter, and she calls on Animal to stop him--permanently.

Animal is forced to break the promise he made to his wife upon his release from prison and once again picks up his guns. To keep his daughter and her mother safe, Animal sets out on a mission of murder, but this isn't just any man Red Sonja has sent him after, it's one of the most powerful drug dealers in the country--her father.

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Love always comes with a price. After the murder of a dirty Los Angeles detective, St. Louis 'Lou-Loc' Alexander finds himself a hunted man. Trying to stay one step ahead of the gas chamber, he flees to New York to try to pick up the pieces of his life. Fate throws him a curve ball when he meets Satin Angelino and falls head over heels in love. Satin is young, fine and keeping a secret that could cost him his life.

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The sequel to Gangsta by K'wan #paperback #blackauthor #blacklit #gutter #gangsta #kwan #africanamerican 

Oklahoma

The explosive sequel to GANGSTA has finally arrived!

Blood answers for blood on the streets of Harlem. It's been months since Lou-loc was brutally murdered on his way to freedom and the pain is still fresh. Gutter, Lou-loc's best friend, finds himself on a path to self destruction, vowing to eradicate the entire Blood faction in New York City in the name of his fallen comrade. Sharell urges him to abandon the suicide mission, but his oath won't allow it. Not even for the child they are expecting. But as Gutter slips further into madness, a shocking revelation brings Satin out. In the middle of all this is a man named Major Blood. He has been flown in from Cali with two very simple instructions. Shut down Harlem Crip, and execute El Diablo's murderer. Walk back into the mouth of madness in the not-to-missed sequel to GANGSTA.

Gutter

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Pennsylvania

Forging a bargain with a rogue detective, an abused street youth and enforcer becomes one of the most dangerous men in the city, before a reunion with the woman he loves makes him question his violent choices.

California

Excellent Condition

NYPD detective Andrew Jackson, known as 'Stone Wall' for his hard-nosed policing tactics, is the subject of an ongoing investigation by Internal Affairs. He's one bad decision away from losing his badge and possibly serving jail time when he's handed what could be the case to save his career: the Black Lotus killings. Bodies are popping up all over the city, and the only clues the police have to go on are the lotus flowers left behind at the scene of every crime and the tie that binds all the victims - they were all known criminals.

Black Lotus

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North Carolina

Triple Crown Collection

It's the penthouse or the morgue. This is the philosophy adopted by Keshawn Wilson, a.k.a. K-Dawg, self-proclaimed lord of the streets. Keshawn is the youngest of five kids, and one of only two that don't belong to his mother's husband. As a little boy, he feels the distance between him and his stepfather, and life becomes increasingly difficult for him as the years pass. His young adult years are spent in a home for boys and then in state prison, where he serves time for manslaughter. It is during his time behind bars, amongst hardened criminals, that the seeds of evil take root and mercilessly transform him from an innocent child to a heartless, conniving menace. K-Dawg decides that the world owes him something, and when he is released from prison, he intends to take it. He comes up with the ultimate power move that is sure to put him on top of the game or under the earth. He wants it all, and he is dead set on having it, no matter what the cost. He has nothing to lose . . . and everything to gain.

 On the tenth anniversary of its release, K'wan's Road Dawgz has a gritty, raw realism that will remind readers how he earned a place at the top of the urban lit game.

This is the 10th Anniversary edition of Road Dawgz from #1 Essence bestselling author K'wan.

Road Dawgz

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Every little girl dreams of a happy ending- a home, children, and a man who loves her enough to share his life and last name. When Billy's longtime boyfriend Marcus finally pops the question, it's one of the happiest moments of her life. To stand with her on her special day, Billy calls on her childhood friends, Reese and Yoshi. Several years have passed since they last came together. Some unresolved issues have driven a wedge between the girls, but they agree to put their difference aside for the sake of Billy's wedding.

The truce is a short one when Billy has to decide on a Maid of Honor, and both friends expect the position to fall to them. Just when things seem to be coming together, they quickly begin to fall apart, and at a time when Billy is supposed to be basking in the sunshine of her approaching wedding, she finds herself the target of shade being thrown from the most unlikely places.

While Billy is going through her drama, Marcus is dealing with issues of his own. An old crime partner blows into town unexpectedly, and his presence threatens to destroy the legitimate life Marcus has worked so hard to build.

Even with the universe seemingly working against them, Billy and Marcus are determined to have their dream wedding, but first they have to survive the nightmare of planning it.

There goes the neighborhood...again.

No Shade

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A Hood Rat Novel

Since she was a little girl, Tionna's on and off addicted mother taught her to get hers by any means necessary. Tionna's heart is as cold as a December chill, but she holds a warm place in it for Duhan, the father of her two sons, and her on-again-off-again boyfriend since they were teenagers. Duhan becomes her knight in shining armor until the government turns their dream into a nightmare. With Duhan behind bars and everything she loves seized she finds herself starting over in the same neighborhood she swore she'd never come back to.

With two kids, a man in prison and no back up plan, Tionna is once again living by her wits in order to maintain the lifestyle she'd become so accustomed to. Back in the thick of things with her best friends Gucci, Boots and Tracy, she finds herself rediscovering her old life and suddenly begins to wonder if she's really cut out to be a prisoner's wife.

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Rhode Island

Beware of the company you keep.

K'wan's urban fiction coming-of-age novel, Promise Broken, is set in the gritty streets of Newark, New Jersey. The story follows seventeen-year-old Promise Mohammed as she attempts to uphold friendships and new relationships--even if they lead to her demise.

After Promise's mother dies in a tragic car accident, it leaves a void in Promise's life that she is yearning to fill. This titular novel finds Promise spiraling into a life of crime and drug affiliation by the company she chooses to keep.

Also coping with abandonment and a lifelong broken commitment from her biological father, Promise ultimately has two goals: to graduate from high school and to be loved. But can she find the love that she seeks from her aunt Dell, two best friends, Mouse and Keys, or drug-dealer Asher--the man who captivates her--despite the fact that each relationship will lead to life-altering events? Only time will tell.

Promise Broken

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New Jersey

Hoodlum 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Street Dreams

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Two lives . . . two paths . . . one tragic outcome. The Fix 2 is in and the game is afoot!

The past few months have been a living hell for Persia. Seemingly overnight, she has fallen from grace and found herself scraping rock bottom, all in the name of two lovers--Chucky and cocaine. One was supposed to love her and the other take away the pain, but they've both fallen short on their promises. The last time she saw either one of them was the night she almost lost her life.

It has taken a bout of physical therapy and a stint in a rehabilitation center for Persia to be able to start pulling together the pieces of the life she almost ruined. She's living at home with her mother and stepfather and is refocused on school. For the first time in what seems like forever, she is finally able to enjoy life as an average teenage girl trying to graduate from high school. That's when they get the phone call that sends everything to the left.

As Persia struggles with her demons, her childhood friend Li'l Monk is embracing his. Under the tutelage of the vicious crime lord Ramses, Li'l Monk is quickly making his way through the ranks of the Pharaoh's army and creating a name for himself on the streets as a ruthless killer. Just as his father, Big Monk, had always predicted, he is walking a mile in his daddy's bloody shoes.

As cold as Li'l Monk's heart is, however, he still has a soft spot for his old friends. When a childhood pal comes to him for a favor, Li'l Monk finds himself with blood on his hands and dirt on his name. When the double cross knocks him out of favor with Ramses, Li'l Monk is left with two options: kill or die.

K'wan delivers another instant street classic that is sure to keep him at the top of the charts.

The Fix 2

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Love, Betrayal and Loyalty on the Streets of Harlem

Daruis, a.k.a. Rio, the only child of a singer turned alcoholic, feels he has nothing to hold on to except the idea of escaping the ghetto. Years ago, he took a gun charge for a friend and did some prison time. Unable to find a job when he gets out, Rio turns to hustling as a way out. In the meantime, Rio finds escape in the arms of his soulmate, Trinity.

When Trinity's mother died, her abusive father looks to her to play the role of house wife and bedmate. Trinity finds strength to endure in Rio's arms. Together they vow to do whatever it takes to make it out of the ghetto. But soon they find their backs against the wall when the streets come to claim their due.

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When she accompanies her high-powered lawyer husband to his native New Orleans to solve a murder mystery, Bernadette learns about her spouse's dark past.

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