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DARK by Kenji Jasper

Daniel — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:19:56 +0000

Thai Williams is walking a thin line between two worlds. On one side he has his job as a filing clerk for the Washington, D.C., Department of Public Works, his girlfriend, Sierra, and his plans for going to college. But on the other, darker side there are his friends Snowflake and ray ray, men who run the neighborhood streets dodging the dangers of criminal life and its aftereffects. But that thin line disappears when Thai walks in on Sierra with another man, who he eventually kills in a haze of jealousy and confusion. From there Thai finds himself on the run and away from the five-block stretch where he’s lived all of his life. He finds his way to Charlotte, where Enrique, his closest friend of all, has moved in search of a better life. In the course of the week that follows, Thai encounters a series of men and women who show him aspects of life he never dreamed of in his narrow ghetto existence. All of them are looking for answers, but it is Thai would must find his own path out of the dark – and into the clear light of moral responsibility and repentance for his actions.

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SNOW by Kenji Jasper

Daniel — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:12:27 +0000

HE KILLED FOR HATE.

Life on the darker streets of D.C. can turn a clean kid grimy. Snow was one of those good kids – until a gang killed his next door neighbor and he decided to settle the score. But doing what he thought was right only plunged him deeper in a deadly game. Now he’s a killer for hire, a grown man who’s willing – and able – to do anything necessary to survive. But even a cold-blooded hit man has a heart…

NOW HE MAY DIE FOR LOVE.

When Snow falls in love and becomes a father, he’s more than willing than ever to do what it takes to support his woman and baby girl. But what that means for a hit man and what it means for a family man are two very different things. When the clash between his home life and his street life threatens to explode, Snow decides to make one last score to put his family on easy street, and get out of the game. But as much as he wants to break out, there’s someone just as dangerous and just as determined to keep Snow right where he is…

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