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The last thing Malaki Mercer remembers before his life fell apart was his father, King, dropping him off at school.

Before the bell rung, both of his parents were dead. Murdered at their own mansion.
Detectives labeled it a home invasion, but there were no arrests or suspects. Only another cold case that the city buried and moved on from.

Meanwhile, Malaki was shuffled through foster homes and juvenile facilities for the last ten years…waiting.

Now, at eighteen, Malaki’s back in Clarksville, TN, and he’s ready to get answers.
But…the truth he seeks threatens powerful people.

As Malaki begins to shake the city up, bodies begin turning up. And what at first glance, looks like street violence, starts to form a pattern…one that Detective Jonathan Amos can’t ignore. The deeper Amos digs, the clearer it becomes that Malaki isn’t just chasing answers to his parent’s tragic deaths…he’s standing in the middle of something bigger.

Mayor Dooley Cross knows it too.
For the past ten years, Dooley has kept the city running his way, capitalizing on King’s estate the whole time. But now, Malaki’s return puts all of that at risk.

Because if the truth comes out…everything will fall apart.

In KOLD’s B.O.N, get ready to be caught up in a crooked system, buried secrets, and revelations that force Malaki to decide how far he’s willing to go for answers.

Because in the streets of Clarksville, justice doesn’t come from the courts.
It comes from whoever’s strong enough to take it.

And there can only be one Big Ole Nigga.

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What's good My Peoples?! I'm KOLD, an author of Street Lit, Urban Romance, Urban Paranormal, and Erotica. I'm from Clarksville, TN and I have been writing since 2015.

My author journey began while I was incarcerated in Kentucky. We didn't have any books by Black authors available to us at the facility I was in, and after speaking with inmates on the yard, we felt Street Lit books weren't reflecting our real experiences. I told them I could do better, and they challenged me to do it. So, that same day, I went in my cell and began writing, The Bottom. During my final eight years of incarceration, I wrote 33 books before I was granted parole in 2022. I became known as the 'walking library' at multiple prisons due to me always carrying around a large net bag full of my books.

To this day, I still handwrite every book, and I continue to base my stories off experiences either I myself have experienced, or the experiences of others I was around.

Writing is what saved me from getting out of prison and continuing down the same path in the streets that I was used to. I use my pen to articulate my thoughts, writing every story like a movie because that's how they play in my head.

While I am an author...I began a reader.

My favorite authors are a lot but they are: Donald Goines, Kwan, Wahida Clark, Nikki Turner, Kiki Swinson, Ashley & JaQuavis, Treasure Hernandez, Jahquel J, Kutura B, Theresa Reese, Ada Afam, M. Monique, C. Wilson, Bonnie Blanco, and T'Lyn. Non-Black authors I've read and enjoyed are James Patterson, Lee Child, Victor Fleming, and Janet Evanoich.

I am also an award-winning playwright after winning a PEN Award in 2022 for my play \"Can't Win PEN\".

I'm a writer hoping to write a book in every genre someday.

All I need is one chapter, allow your eyes to read one chapter from any book, and you'll be hooked. I appreciate you all in advance.

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