Al-Tariq Gumbs

The Come Up Al-Tariq Gumbs

The police catch Ramon "Ra-Ra" Holmes in his stash house. While in the county jail he starts to piece things together and believes that he was set up by his long time friend Sean. When Sean or no one else jumps to pay Ra-Ra's bail, unbeknownst to Ra-Ra his girlfriend puts plans in to motion to get her man out of jail. Even if the risks are her own life. Once Ra-Ra is released back on the mean streets on Newark, NJ, he vows to make everyone pay for leaving him in jail. Putting together an unlikely team of robbers, they proceed through the streets of Brick City with one thing on their minds- Whose going to be their next COME UP. Love and Loyalty are pushed beyond the call of duty. Ra-Ra and his team quickly learn that coming up comes with a deadly price. A price that Ra-Ra is willing to pay every ounce of it for...or IS HE?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Al-Tariq grew up in the same mean streets of BRICK CITY that are plastered through these pages. He has pushed the boundaries of being a street gangster to the brink. This is his first published novel but many more soon to come. Once learning that he had a GOD given talent that could keep him off the streets, he has used his time while incarceratedto feed his hunger he once had for the streets, to write books.