One of this generation's most talented and gritty writers delivers his bloodiest story yet. "Animal" follows the infamous fugitive from Foye's best-known Hood Rat series on a revenge mission from the rugged streets of Puerto Rico to the scene of the original crimeNHarlem, New York.
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.
Winner of Street Literature Book Award Medal (Slbam) (Adult Fiction) 2013 Winner of Street Literature Book Award Medal (Slbam) (Emerging Classic) 2013
“VOTED ONE OF THE FIVE BEST STREET LIT NOVELS OF 2012 Library Journal”
A must-read for all street lit fans. This is street lit at its best.
--Vanessa Morris "Street Literature "
VOTED ONE OF THE FIVE BEST STREET LIT NOVELS OF 2012 - "Library Journal"
After penning his second novel, Road Dawgz (2003), K'wan drew the attention of St. Martin's press. The literary powerhouse quickly signed K'wan to a multi-book deal, the first of which being Street Dreams (2004). In 2008 he received the Black Author of the year award from Black Press Radio for the novella Blow.
K'wan's titles also include Hoodlum (2005), Eve (2006), Hood Rat (2006), Flexin & Sexin: Sexy street tales vol. 1 (2007), Blow: A G-unit novella (2007), Still Hood (2007), Gutter (2008), Section 8 (2009), Flirt: An anthology (2009), From Harlem with Love: A short (2010), The Leak: A Hood Rat Short (2010) Welfare Wifeys (2010), Gangland (2011) and Eviction Notice (2011). K'wan is also the author of several dark fantasy novels written under a pseudonym.
Since his insertion into the publishing world K'wan has been featured in Vibe, Pages, King, Felon, Big News, The Library Journal, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Press, Clutch and most notably Time Magazine, to name a few. He was also interviewed by MTV News for a feature on Hip-Hop fiction, and a guest on Power 105's morning show as well as NPR (national public radio). In addition to being an accomplished author, K'wan is also a motivational speaker, mentor to at risk children and the C.E.O of Black Dawn, Inc.
K'wan currently resides in New Jersey where he is working on his next novel. Please visit his website:
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