Earth no longer exists. In its place, a world known as the Eighth Layer of Hell now thrives. Demons have enslaved humanity, what remains of it, and their creations all because humans were foolish enough to abandon their beliefs, their morals, and give in to the Demons wish for war. The Third, and final, World War.
Now humans pay the price.
Cairo is a Ring-child, born to fight and die in battle against human children the same age or even younger than him, all for the amusement of his Magister. Being raised under the enslavement of a Demon that doesn't believe the weak, AKA humans, deserve names has his own weighing over his head like an executioner's ax. Should his Magister ever find out, he'd be stripped of everything that makes Cairo, Cairo. Fear is a constant in his life, and he doesn't think that will ever change.
Until Ravindra shows up. An enslaved demon child, a Hellion, who fights in the Ring like any other human.
A slave with a name.
An impossibility.
[Cover picture is not mine. It was edited to fit its purpose.]
A ragtag gang of teens teams up with a neighboring girl gang when a major cartel moves into town, threatening their families, their turf, and the community they've worked so hard to protect.
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Cash West formed the Seven 20s - a gang of six overzealous teens with guns - to keep his tiny, crime-infested town in nowhere California safe. His methods are unorthodox and frankly illegal, but the town loves his Robin Hood heroics. However, the gang gets more than they bargained for when the Mendoza cartel rolls into town, determined to knock them off the map. As the threat hits closer to home, Cash has no choice but to team up with his ex-girlfriend Tiana's neighboring girl gang, the Hearts of Spades. Soon allies become enemies, families get trapped in the crossfire, and romance brews as Cash fights to unravel a massive conspiracy that puts everyone that matters to him at risk. When the stakes are life and death, will the gangs be able to overcome an enemy more powerful than any of them could have predicted?
Book One of The Seven Twenties Series
Content and Trigger Warning: contains violence, drug use, mentions of domestic abuse, and mature themes.