J3YWrites
Sixteen-year-old Messiah Carter has talent running through his veins-he can draw, dance, rap, and sing-but talent can only take you so far when your world is pulling you in every direction. His dad is a detective, keeping the law close and the streets far. His older brother runs the streets, dealing drugs and making his own rules. And Messiah? All he wants is to find his own path.
Caught between family loyalty, neighborhood pressures, and the pull of his own ambition, Messiah must navigate betrayal, rivalry, and first love-all while learning that the road to becoming yourself is rarely straight. Will he follow the life everyone expects, or will he carve out a destiny all his own?
In a city that won't wait, Messiah has to decide what kind of legacy he wants to leave-and what kind of man he wants to be.