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Before you, a story of urban love, criminal genius, unbridled ambition and the ruthless pursuit of power, with a cast of characters one will not easily forget.
Omar Grey, a child raised into a dope infested, impoverished environment, but determined by any means necessary to lift himself and his family from the muck and mire in which they live.
Funky Slim, a Shakespearian, Edgar Allan Poe, Kipling quoting dope fiend, who would find in the fertile mind of young Omar a child with a rapacious appetite for learning and a near photographic mind.
Mitch, Omar's uncle, the breadwinner in Omar's drug dealing family and the only father and role model he has ever known.
Mary, the bi-racial beauty who at the tender age of fourteen, with the body of a woman, but the mind of a child, finds the easy money and allure of prostitution a temptation she cannot resist.
Insightful social commentary, Machiavellian twist, heartbreaks and betrayal….
“Last of a Dying Breed” has it all.
Coming Soon the reissue of
Death of the Game
Wayne ‘Akbar’ Pray was born and raised in “Brick City,” Newark, New Jersey. At sixteen, he dropped out of Central High School. Although Akbar disliked school, he was a voracious reader of everything from classics like Shakespeare, to his favorite, Science Fiction. By the mid-1980s, he had become a successful fight promoter and businessman., with two car dealerships and several women’s healthcare clinics in Essex and Hudson Counties.
Akbar was indicted on April 21, 1988, tried and convicted of various drug offences. This book takes the reader along on his personal journey through the criminal justice system, and shares with the reader how life in “Brick City” and other cities like it, has changed. Akbar advises today’s youth that THE GAME IS DEAD! Don’t make a sucka’s bet with your life.
The story is poignant, well written and thought provoking. It is a must read for every male under 15 and for every mother and father who need a voice to help them guide their children, and for every teacher that wants to understand life in the inner city.