SuitabookAmbition and money
Lamin learns to value financial success, enters the drug trade and helps build a narcotics empire.
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Tracy Brown - Author
This is a crime-centred story about ambition, partnership and attempted reinvention. It follows Lamin from teenage involvement in drugs towards entertainment, while Zion’s continuing criminal activity brings serious allegations and threatens their shared future.
Lamin Michaels learned at his mother's knee the importance of chasing paper, so it's no surprise he gets into the drug game when he's just a teenager. When he meets Zion, a product of the New York City foster care and prison system, Lamin knows that he has meet the perfect partner in crime. Together, they build a huge narcotics empire. Then, Lamin falls hard for a beautiful girl named Lucky. Lucky makes Lamin realize that there is more to life than cash and more cash. When Lamin goes legit with a career in the entertainment industry, Zion tries to keep their business going on both the street and the boardroom. It's not long before Zion becomes the target of a corruption scandal involving murder, extortion and money laundering. Once the dirt is exposed, will Lamin and Zion be able to remain one step ahead, or will their paper chasing days haunt them forever?
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a crime-centred story about ambition, partnership and attempted reinvention. It follows Lamin from teenage involvement in drugs towards entertainment, while Zion’s continuing criminal activity brings serious allegations and threatens their shared future.
Lamin learns to value financial success, enters the drug trade and helps build a narcotics empire.
Lamin and Zion build a criminal enterprise together, but Lamin later seeks legitimate work while Zion continues operating in criminal and business settings.
Lamin’s relationship with Lucky helps him recognise alternatives to cash and pursue entertainment, while the past remains connected to a corruption scandal.
Murder, extortion, money laundering, drug dealing, prison and organised crime are part of the situation described.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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