Review of House of Killers (Paperback)

This book was off the hook!! I can relate to the characters because like the characters in the book and the author, I'm from the 9th ward of New Orleans,LA. I hung around these characters and in some ways I felt like one of the characters. The book was well written for a first time author. I can't wait until the follow up come to see what Ben is up to? Will he find himselfin jail? Or will he keep his "old" ways? I can't wait to see what Ben Holland will be up to next!!!

Product Description
During the late 1980's, the city of New Orleans became plagued by a drug epidemic that took hold of nearly every major city in the United States, crack cocaine. The ninth ward section of New Orleans was by no means spared. The drug affected both young and old, and propelled the city to the infamous title of 'murder capitol of the world'. House of Killers delves into a world where the laws no longer apply to its citizens. It tells the story of Ben Holland and how he rose to the top of the city's drug trade. A fictional story, House of Killers peels back the curtains and gives you an inside look into the world of an urban drug organization in the city of New Orleans. Ben and his friends embark on a voyage of torture, murder and mayhem that began in 1989 and they ruled supreme for ten years. Follow Ben and his friends as they wreak havoc on the streets of New Orleans by killing their competition, paying off cops, and using every dirty trick they can conjour up to accomplish their goal: To retire from the drug game young and rich. Blinded by a lust for money, power, and respect they soon become embedded in events beyond their control that threaten all that they have worked for. House of Killers is the first novel written by Tony Dewayne Johnson, and it is the first in a trilogy that curtails the violent, turbulent life of Ben Holland, the people that shaped his life and the revealation of a shocking secret that will send Ben Holland on a mission that will change his life forever, or get him killed in the process! Stay tuned.

About the Author
Tony Dewayne Johnson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in March of 1973. He is married and has three kids. Mr. Johnson and his family left New Orleans on August 30, 2005 to escape hurricane Katrina; they never returned to the city. Mr. Johnson and his family now call Charlotte, North Carolina home. "The ninth ward, for me was a place of happiness, sorrow, despair, hopelessness, love, success and tragedy. I learned so much in just that small piece of real estate. I learned to deal with life's problems head on. I learned to love and care for others. I've witnessed so many of my friends and peers perish on the streets, that the most powerful lesson I've learned was not to succumb to the attitude that 'it won't happen to me'. I have a deep appreciation for life and through writing, I release a lot of the penned-up emotions that have been with me since my teen years. I look at all that's going on the world and I feel sorry for all the people I knew personally that were murdered on the streets of New Orleans. I wonder what they would've become. I too was a child of the streets, I, by the grace of God survived those dramatic, and confusing times. I grew wiser over the years and now I have goals and dreams that are getting ever closer and more attainable. Unlike in the past, I now have hope." Tony Dewayne Johnson

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