DIAMOND DYNASTY

DIAMOND DYNASTY
Oh yes, I’m displaying a bit of my own Word Art. Diamond Dynasty by your friendly neighborhood author Brandon McCalla, book two of the Diamond Series opens up right where Diamond Drought (book one of the series) left you, in complete and utter quagmire.

Monique’s death is haunting our hazel eyed thug Major, literally. Prime Time’s rap career is exceeding everyone’s expectations; Rich is on the offensive and determined to extract some sort of vengeance on his arch nemesis the notorious pimp Willie Green. Anna is pregnant by Afta and we are awaiting the birth of the child.

While all of this is circling within the soap opera like format of my fantastic writing (tooting my own horn) the black Erika Kane, Shantel is still plotting, and she throws a monkey wrench right in the mechanics of Rich and Leaya’s relationship. Your favorite white girl Germany is becoming the female Eminem and still popping pills, Dante’s obsession to kill Major bubbles till bullets bust. You finally get introduced to Afta’s overly thorough and gangsta baby’s mother Destiny. And new additions to the cast are introduced… since other characters face their demise and As the Ghetto Turns the ending leaves you anticipating book three, Reign of the Pimp…
….I was more focused with this second installment, my sophomore book because Diamond Drought was me putting a few toes in the pool, testing the temperature of the water before you slink into it. Now Diamond Dynasty is me in complete and utter control of the situation, I’m like a damn lifeguard now. I adjust the temperature of the water myself now, or better yet I’m diving right in I’m a warm blooded mammal, unaffected by changes in the environment. I adapt.
Practice makes perfect. But when you are writing a six book series you gotta crescendo and draw the readers in with a fantastic build up. Diamond Drought was almost like an introduction and now that you know the cast Diamond Dynasty is Falcon Crest and Dallas all wrapped up in the music industry, the mean streets of Brooklyn and the plotting of a true villain. Its broads, dames, thugs, rappers, glamour, guns, cars, music, murder, mayhem and the occasional spliff passed. It’s the Diamond Series. If you really wanna know what Hip Hop fiction is, read a book that incorporates Hip Hop? If not it aint nothing but street…