{"id":39867,"date":"2025-09-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=39867"},"modified":"2025-09-19T09:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:05:40","slug":"king-of-ashes-by-s-a-cosby-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=39867","title":{"rendered":"KING OF ASHES by S.A. Cosby \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KING OF ASHES<\/a> by S.A. Cosby<\/p>\n

First sentence…<\/p>\n

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He dreams of his mother.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Overview:\u00a0 Beware of Spoilers\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Roman Carruthers gets the call that his father was in a terrible car accident, he heads home.\u00a0 Well, where he grew up anyway.\u00a0 Jefferson Run hasn’t been his home for years.\u00a0 But the small town is where he grew up.<\/p>\n

Roman arrives to find his dad hospitalized in a coma.\u00a0 His sister Nevah is exhausted.\u00a0 Taking care of dad (even before the accident) and running the family business – Carruthers Crematorium – has worn her down.\u00a0 Their younger brother, Dante, now a young man, should be helping.\u00a0 But he’s doing the opposite.\u00a0 Dante’s been a mess since their mother disappeared years ago.\u00a0 Rumors that their dad may have been behind her disappearance haven’t helped.<\/p>\n

Roman figures he’ll quickly get things straightened out.\u00a0 Then it’ll be back to the big city and his thriving financial business.\u00a0 Roman has a knack for making his clients rich. And him too in the process.<\/p>\n

What Roman hadn’t counted on was Dante’s trouble.<\/p>\n

The young fool went into a drug deal with his buddy.\u00a0 They thought they’d buy some dope cheap, sell it at a profit and make quick cash.\u00a0 Dante didn’t count on his partner blowing through the product by using it himself and giving it to friends.\u00a0 Now Dante owes some very bad people a very lot of money.<\/p>\n

Roman figures that he has the cash to clear Dante’s ledger with the gangbangers.\u00a0 He was wrong.<\/p>\n

Dante owes the money to Torrent and Tranquil Gilchrist.\u00a0 They’re the crazy twins who run the Black Baron Boys.\u00a0 At this point, Dante is worth more to them dead.\u00a0 It would send a message to others who don’t pay up on time.\u00a0 When they meet, Roman tries to smooth things over with his charm and money.\u00a0 It nearly costs him his life.\u00a0 The only thing that saves him is his promise that he can make the twins rich legally and quickly though his financial dealings.<\/p>\n

This promise saves his life.\u00a0 Instead of being murdered, Roman is given a terrible beat down.\u00a0 He’s left bloody and with the knowledge that he’s now in debt to the Gilchrist twins.<\/p>\n

Roman knows that no matter how much money he makes them, dealing with Torrent and Tranquil Gilchrist can only end with his death.<\/p>\n

But Roman has a plan.\u00a0 A crazy long shot of a plan.<\/p>\n

+++<\/p>\n

S.A. Cosby has another winner.<\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong>
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