S.A. Cosby’s writing is layered with metaphor and reference, weaving deeper meanings beneath the surface. Whether it is names of the Carruthers siblings, Roman, Dante and Neveah; their parents’ vocations, mom the nurse and the healer or dad, the undertaker - the fight between good and evil, write and wrong, heaven and hell is on every page. No two readers will walk away with the same experience from reading this book.
The contrast or dichotomy that Cosby uses to describe horrendous and scary situations in order to show how the characters make their situation, while dangerous, livable, is just one part of the magic that happens on the pages. He has a gift for choosing exactly the right words to transform something as familiar as a season into something vivid and alive. Through language, everything becomes more than just a backdrop—this book breathes, it moves, it feels.
This is a dark and gritty crime novel where consequences ripple out in raw, often devastating ways. The consequences don’t come all at once—they echo, long after the act, reshaping multiple lives for generations in ways we cannot always see. This isn’t just a story about violent crime and gang related activities. It’s about family—the lines we cross, the lies we tell, and the lengths we’ll go to when loyalty runs deeper than law.
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