Death of A Dream

By Rudy Robles Jr

How much can a dream cost before it costs too much?

After losing his job during the COVID-19 shutdown, Rudy Robles Jr. had no clear plan for what came next. With a hot dog cart, a parking space, and the determination to start over, he built Rudy's Dawgs one customer at a time-and found a place for himself in the Live Oak community.

Then came an opportunity to own a neighborhood pool hall and bar.

It looked like the next step toward something bigger. Instead, Rudy entered a world of broken promises, financial pressure, late nights, violence, legal battles, and public accusations. As the business demanded more of his time and pulled him further from home, the dream he believed would secure his future began costing him the very things that mattered most.

Death of a Dream is a raw and deeply personal true story about entrepreneurship, ambition, betrayal, marriage, reputation, and starting over. It is the story of a man who fought to build something bigger-only to realize that what he was searching for may have been standing in front of him all along.

Sometimes losing the dream is how you finally find your way home.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HGZVRXFQ
• ISBN13: 9798194451210
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"