The Rise and Fall of Curtis Slade

By Curtis Slade

From the Florida streets to the top of the game, Curtis Slade built an empire on loyalty and blood. Now everything - and everyone - must pay the price.

LOYALTY IS A MUST. DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR.Curtis Slade never asked for this life - the streets chose him. Growing up in Dania Beach, Florida, young Curtis watched money move through the neighborhood like blood through a body: fast, necessary, and deadly if it stopped flowing. By the time he was a teenager, he had already buried friends, earned a reputation, and built a crew that would follow him straight into hell.They call him Mr. Big Guy now. And for good reason.From the crew's first lick - a bloody takeover of a Hollywood gambling house - to running the most explosive trap operation Dania Beach has ever seen, Curtis Slade rises faster than anyone expected. But the higher he climbs, the more people are waiting to see him fall. His own lieutenant Sarge is cutting deals with Homicide Detective Garcia. His baby mama Tasha is plotting. Ashy Larry is snitching to every side that will have him. And Killer Zo - the most feared Haitian drug lord in South Florida - has made the Black Diamonds his personal obsession. Zo will torture, kidnap and kill anyone in his path to get them back.Curtis is forced to make impossible choices - who to trust, who to eliminate, and how far loyalty really goes when your parents, your baby, and your whole crew are on the line.The Rise and Fall of Curtis Slade: Mr. Big Guy is a raw, cinematic street saga in the tradition of Kwan's Animal series and the Black Diamond Carter novels. It's a story about loyalty tested to its breaking point, about what a man will do to protect his family, and about the brutal cost of power in a world where the only rule is survive.When you play chess with people's lives, somebody always ends up in checkmate.Perfect for fans of Wahida Clark, K'wan, Ashley & JaQuavis, and Donald Goines

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMJQPT1N
• ISBN13: 9798185626764
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"