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Fiction / Crime Fiction

The Game Ain’t a Game

A Novel in 18 Rules

By Patrick Smith

Money. Loyalty. Betrayal.

Dre is seventeen, with an engineering program in his future and friends pulling him toward a different life. Across eighteen rules, money, loyalty, power, and the cost of getting out collide. Everybody knows the good part of the movie. Nobody shows you the rest.

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Who this book is for

For readers drawn to street drama, difficult choices, and stories about the price of fast money.

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