"After the death of a police officer, assassin Kahllah (aka the Black Lotus) is forced out of retirement in an attempt to clear her name while outrunning a mysterious enemy"--

K'WAN is the best-selling, award-winning author of more than thirty novels, including the wildly popular Animal series, Black Lotus, Gangsta, Road Dawgz, Street Dreams, Hoodlum, and Section 8. He has been featured in Vibe, King, Entertainment Weekly, and Time magazine. K'wan was the recipient of the 2012 and 2013 Street Lit Book Award Medals (SLBAM) in adult fiction for Eviction Notice and Animal. His credits also include featured commentary in the documentary Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp (produced by Ice-T) as well as a recurring role as an analyst on TV One's Celebrity Crime Files. K'wan resides in New Jersey, where he spends his time writing, cooking, and binge-watching reruns of The Vampire Diaries with his teenage daughters.

Critical praise for the first Black Lotus

Selected for the Library Services for Youth in Custody 2015 In the Margins Book Award List

One of Library Journal's Best African American Fiction Books of 2014

Included in Written Magazine's "Publisher's Picks: 30-Books-in-90-Days" list

"[A] heart-thumping thriller...K'wan does a masterful job of keeping readers on their toes right up to the very last page."
--Publishers Weekly

"Fans expecting another thug-in-the-street story will be pleasantly surprised at this rough police procedural."
--Library Journal

"K'wan steadily builds to a frantic, movie-worthy climax."
--Entertainment Weekly

"Yet another heart-thumping thriller by this Hip Hop author who delivers."
--Library Services for Youth in Custody

"This book features the sublime story and character development that K'wan is known for."
--Urban Reviews

"One of hip-hop fiction's hottest authors."
-King

"The legacies of Iceberg Slim and Donald Goines are forever preserved."
--Upscale

"Black Lotus is an absolutely riveting read...an edge-of-the-seat nail-biter...you won't be disappointed."
--Zachary Mule

"Well-written at a fast pace...the suspense is cutting edge and cunning. Even if you are on top of your sleuth game, you will not figure out the game players or assassin until the end...Hats off to you K'wan."
--Ski-wee's Book Corner

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