Dwan Marquis Williams – författare

Menace and Speedy are two local dope slingers with much in common, but two things in particular. They’re both young and hungry. Business is booming, and while most people in their position would be satisfied, Menace and Speedy aren’t “most people.” They want to be among the drug game elite, and the only way to do that is get hooked up with a “connect.” A major supplier who can provide enough product to help the duo graduate from “dealers” to “kingpins.” One day, the pair finally acquire the long sought-after connect. The key to not only unlocking a “dope empire,” but putting the entire local drug game on lockdown. But it soon turns out that things are not at all what they seem, and the two are no closer to absolute power over their concrete dominion. In fact, the games are just beginning!

Tragedy is a normal part of ‘the life.’ But when mid-level gangster Fuzzy loses her lover and partner in crime to it, the pain is far deeper than anything she’s ever felt before. But the hurt isn’t enough to take her out of the game completely. In fact, Fuzzy is determined to honor his memory by picking up right where her deceased sweetheart left off, aided by his apprentice Lil Man. As a duo, their first battle for gangland supremacy will come in the form of a powerful crime lord named B. B. whose arrival back in town hints at a larger conspiracy aimed at the newly-formed twosome.

The streets have claimed two more victims in what seems like a typical gang shooting … or was it? Female gangster Fuzzy is heartsick over the loss of her two besties, Jr. and Hadji. But she’s even more devastated at the possibility that their deaths might’ve been an unintended consequence of her dubious behavior. As a nervous Fuzzy ponders the possibility of the next body to drop being her own, another queenpin named B.B. arrives home.

Never in her wildest dreams did the Jersey native ever believe she’d willingly relinquish the throne. But after her latest narrow escape, B.B. decides she’s out of the life for good. So she devises a comprehensive exit strategy that includes turning her spot over to her sister Crystal, who’s backed by her lieutenant, Ant. Just when B.B. thinks she’s finally out, she becomes the target of Detective Bass, who wages an unyielding campaign to bring down the elusive B.B. and everyone she’s connected to.