Qwantu Amaru has been writing since the age of 11. An avid reader, he has always aspired to write suspenseful page turners and socially significant literature like those of his writing influences Richard Wright, Harper Lee, Walter Mosley, Tananarive Due and Stephen King. Qwantu draws his inspiration from his modest upbringing in small towns and cities across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Louisiana, and Florida.
In addition to his first novel, One Blood BLOOD, Qwantu has written six volumes of poetry: Lightbringer, Lovelost, After the Storm, Midnight's Shadow, Awakening, and Actual-Eyez. Qwantu is an active member of the outstanding socially active poetry collective Black on Black Rhyme out of Tallahassee, FL. He has performed spoken word in poetry venues from New York to Los Angeles. He is also part owner and one third of The Pantheon Collective, an independent publishing venture dedicated to bringing high quality independent books to the masses while empowering and inspiring other authors to follow their dreams. Qwantu currently resides in Jersey City, NJ.
One Blood
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Paperback: 488 pages
Publisher: The Pantheon Collective (TPC) (December 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0982719361
ISBN-13: 978-0982719367
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
The #11 Bestselling eBook on AALBC.com for 2012!
For Every Action…
Lincoln Baker, born a ward of the state, has gone from orphan, to gang
banger, to basketball superstar, to lifer at the Louisiana State
Penitentiary in the space of eighteen years. During his prison term, he
meets Panama X, a powerful and mysterious father figure who gives Lincoln a
reason for living – he must assassinate Randy Lafitte, the sitting Governor
of Louisiana.
There is an Equal and Opposite Reaction…
In order to force a pardon, Lincoln orchestrates the kidnapping of Karen
Lafitte, Randy’s only daughter. But Randy Lafitte is a man who built his
fortune by resurrecting a family curse from slavery to kill his own father.
A curse that may or may not have been responsible for his son Kristopher’s
death in the gang crossfire that sent Lincoln to prison for life. Randy will
stop at nothing to save his daughter, even if it means admitting the curse
is real. Even if it means committing greater atrocities.
Too bad for Anyone Stuck in the Middle.
Three days after Karen’s kidnapping, an explosive cocktail of revenge,
manipulation, serendipity, fate, truth, and redemption detonates throughout
Louisiana. When the dust settles, the ending is as unexpected as it is
illuminating. There are secrets sealed in our blood, you see. The best
answers, as always, lie within.
Lovelost
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After the Storm
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Midnight's Shadow
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Related Links
Author website:
http://www.qwantuamaru.com
Amazon author page:
http://bit.ly/qaonamzn
Facebook fan page:
http://www.facebook.com/onebloodbook
Twitter handle:
@onebloodbook
Omar Luqmaan-Harris' Blog
http://qwantuamaru.blogspot.com/
The
Pantheon Collective
Three Minds. One Mission. No Limits
http://www.pantheoncollective.com/
Co-Founders; Qwantu Amaru, Stephanie Casher, and James W.Lewis
Pantheon Collective photo by Lisa Rose
