Gun

Written by Erick S. Gray

Narrated by Ace Bentley

Reminiscent of Marvel’s Luke Cage, Erick S. Gray’s debut novel into the realm of the urban supernatural tells a gripping story of power, greed, and soul-sacrificial vengeance. Fans of S.A. Cosby’s Razorblade Tears will be engrossed.

Omar will soon take advantage of his right to bear arms—even though it might cost him his soul.

Residing in one of the poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods in New York, Brownsville—Omar Richards has been the constant target of abuse and bullying.

With his mother dying of cancer, his entire world seemingly falls apart, forcing Omar to question his sanity and religion. As if those terrors weren't enough, Omar's most feared adversary, Brice, is determined to make his life a living hell.

When Omar makes a grim discovery left behind by murdered kingpin Sean Black, his life is forever changed. Especially once he realizes that his new secret weapon has supernatural abilities. Why settle for money, power, and respect when you can have justice!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Oct 24, 2023
• ISBN: 9781705098868

Erick S. Gray

Erick S. Gray is the author of Money Power Respect, Ghetto Heaven, It's Like Candy, and Nasty Girls. He lives in Queens, New York, and is currently at work on his next novel.

Reviews for Gun

[Shavonna Futrell · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book was way too much for me , but it did keep me intrigued because I wanted to know how it was going to end , unfortunately I did not find out and I won’t be reading the next book. It was a good story line but just too much for me.

[bostonbibliophile · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It almost reads like an after-the-fact confession, the killer telling you everything that lead up to the killing, from finding the gun to executing his victim- an act he doesn't really plan so much as allows to happen. Read this way it's more interesting than simply the psychological portrait of a man obsessed, although it is that as well. Definitely not your usual crime novel though- just know that much before you start. For me it was a quick and ultimately satisfying read.

[brianfergusonwpg-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Though it is a short book it took me several weeks gradually to read it. An intensely visceral, psychological work it takes you inside places one doesn't usually go. Places that relate to all levels of obsession with mechanized violence. Places one doesn't want to go because though inexorable and detached from reality as they are, they are places we can find within or not far from all of us. The writer wields incredible technique with minimal resources. Whether he takes us to these places through control of sensation or we already occupy them makes little difference. The atmosphere is not one filled with tons of charachters or descriptive detail, but there is more than enough to achieve the effect the author wants us to experience. At first it all has the feel of morbid preoccupation and so one tends to want to write the main character/narrator off as being a marginal entity and the authors intentions likewise, but as we follow the progression we see more, whether we want to admit it, or not, people we know,and precoccupations which the larger populations, almost unanimously, claim indifference to. This novel is the description of a terrain which is not penetrated by crime entertainment or news. What we are usually given are tales that mirror the myths, legends and stories of old. We do not plumb the absence of feeling that pervades and the agony that results, the emotional mechanics that happen with component parts we all possess. We prefer absolute evil to be alien to our lives.