The Star-Crossed Saga: Protostar lives up to its name. This descriptively written prose leads a reader down a path that is synonymous with the original star crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. This lovely scientific fiction is about William an alien who has one mission to restore honor to his family by killing a Star-Child. Enter the oh so beautiful Star-Child of earth, Sydney. In many milliseconds, hours and minutes they ended up find each other falling for the other. And William must choose between duty and love.
Black Boy White School by Brian F. Walker is about Anthony (Ant) Jones being offered a different perspective on life. Ant's life starts in the hood of East Cleveland where he gets a scholarship to attend Belton Academy. Hesitant at first Ant doesn't want to leave his stomping grounds but soon he finds his way into a world he doesn't know. In this new environment he gets a different education than the one promised to him. He sees and hears the looks and whispers people give him. The way they seem so scared.
Pick-Up Game is an amazing book about a day on the West 4th street courts, also known as The Cage. We see this day through the eyes of many. Through the eyes of the ballers, the show-boaters and shot-callers, the intellectuals, and players that just love the game. We get their stories and inner emotions, how the feel and what they do about it. But its not just about the inside of The Cage, but the spectators who enjoy every minute of their gladiator slamming the killing blow into the net, latching his elbow onto the rim as he honey-dips the ball.
"The Lock Artist" by Steve Hamilton, is about a young man who has a talent for opening locks. Our boy Michael uses this as therapy for a troubled past. Ironically, this talent leads to a less than promising future of breaking and entering, robbery, and accessory to murder. In his first step toward this life of crime, he meets the love of his life Amelia. She completes him and helps him get over his past. Now they just wrestle the future.
