Leon's Legacy
()
About this ebook
The three novels in Waiwaiole’s dark and dangerous Wiley series chronicle the tragic twists and turns in the lives of two old friends after those lives have completely gone off the rails in Portland, Oregon.
In LEON’S LEGACY, Waiwaiole goes back to where it all began — back when Wiley and Leon were high school kids pursuing the state basketball championship. Unfortunately, it was also the year that the crack gangs from California began to sink their talons into Portland’s inner city, a juxtaposition that threatens not only their hoop quest but also their lives. An inner-city high school teacher and basketball coach when this actually occurred in Portland, Waiwaiole has a wealth of first-hand exposure to this story and the writing chops to deliver it convincingly.
Praise for Leon’s Legacy...
“Lono Waiwaiole writes with a command you don’t see much anymore. He is the opposite of the winking hard-boil writer of today. He writes authentically and knowingly about America’s underclass, the streets and being an outsider. Leon’s Legacy is an unexpectedly honest novel about a violent teenage world, peopled with intensely believable characters whose upside down humanity will grab you.” —Kent Harrington, author of The Red Jungle and Rat Machine
Praise for Lono Waiwaiole...
“Noir fans need to know about Waiwaiole right now. He’s the real thing, and he’s too good to miss.” —Bill Ott, Booklist starred review
“Waiwaiole’s Wiley novels are the past and the future of hard-boiled crime fiction, rolled up together inside prose that’s as cold and as shiny as the city streets. But there’s hope and redemption there too, glinting like the morning sun on wet pavement.” —Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series
“With prose so sharp you can’t even feel the cut, scalpel-like in its precision, and driving to the heart by way of the gut, Lono Waiwaiole is that rarest of writers—brutally honest, unflinchingly brave, and not about to take no for an answer. Neither Wiley nor Waiwaiole are to be missed!” —Greg Rucka
Read more from Lono Waiwaiole
Dark Paradise Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWiley's Lament Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWiley's Refrain Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLizzie's Lullaby Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWiley's Shuffle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhite Swan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Leon's Legacy
Related ebooks
Pro Se Presents: February 2012 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVegas Vigilante Murders: Jim Richards Murder Novels, #13 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThey Know When The Killer Will Strike: A Film Milieu Thriller, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Fomorians: Wrath of the Old Gods (Young Adult), #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDuty and Defiance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEntropy in Bloom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Broken Slate Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDirty Boulevard: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Lou Reed Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Trouble Boy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRocket Boy: Catrall Brothers, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLee Hacklyn 1970s Private Investigator in Justin's League of America: Lee Hacklyn, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLegacy of an Outlaw: A Jason Peares Historical Western Book 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Auto-Biography by Joe Biden: Based on a True Story, Mostly Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAbnormal End Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOverexposed (Book 3): White Wolves MC, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Lazarus Trap Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We Who Remain: I Am Phantom, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMemories of John Lennon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsConnections Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSouthern Supposition: The Tale of the Cleaner & Professional Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLike We Care Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pump And Blow Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFlashback Four #1: The Lincoln Project Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stud's Ink: Cobra Kings MC, #2 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Bards and Sages Quarterly (April 2014) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShared Emptiness Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThirsty: Confessions of a Fame Whore Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Idiot's Bible: With the Other Side: My Life in Tucson Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBuffalo Bill and the Magic Amulet Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHot Contact Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Thrillers For You
Leave the World Behind: A Read with Jenna Pick Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Only Good Indians Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Housemaid Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cryptonomicon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sympathizer: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shantaram: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pretty Girls: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Animal Farm Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I'm Thinking of Ending Things: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Golden Spoon: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Institute: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Razorblade Tears: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Needful Things Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fairy Tale Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Eyes of the Dragon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Flight: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Paris Apartment: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Huntress: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The It Girl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Family Upstairs: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mr. Mercedes: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dry: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hunting Party: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sisters Brothers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Perfect Marriage: A Completely Gripping Psychological Suspense Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Terminal List: A Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Revival: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Leon's Legacy
0 ratings0 reviews