Jackboi: Beginnings of Blood

By Darrell A. King

He was trained to kill before he could read. Now the ghosts of the jungle want justice.

Torin "Jungle" Adeyemi returns to the place where his soul was first carved into something deadly. A forgotten training camp hidden deep in the Haitian wilderness. Once a boy soldier forced to kill his best friend, now a haunted man seeking answers, Jungle walks through the ruins of his past to confront the man who made him a weapon. Commander Pascal Desrosiers.

From the cracked soil of Port-au-Prince to the blood-soaked jungle paths of Les Enfants du Sang, this brutal and poetic novel explores what happens when trauma festers in silence. And when vengeance refuses to sleep.

JACKBOI: Beginnings of Blood is a gripping and emotionally charged story of survival, identity, and justice. It is a literary war novel that does not flinch from pain but cuts through it in search of peace.

Perfect for readers who love Beasts of No Nation, A Long Way Gone, and American Dirt.

Do you become what made you, or do you break the blade and build again?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FX938Z9Z
• ISBN13: 9798270876364
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"