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    The Syndicate
    The Syndicate
    The Syndicate
    Audiobook7 hours

    The Syndicate

    Written by Brick and Storm

    Narrated by Diana Luke, Dylan Ford, Randall Buck and

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    They were just kids when Claudette McPhearson took them all in. Eight of them all together. All different races and ethnic make ups, but she loved them as her own. One woman taught them how to love, trust, and respect one another. She was the only glue that kept them together, the only one who they wanted to please and never let down. She had been their light at the end of a long troublesome tunnel--it shined so bright. Then, one dreadful day, it all came to a crashing halt. She was walking to the bus stop from the juvenile correction center where she volunteered her time, and someone gunned her down in a drive-by shooting. It was a seemingly random murder. The culprit snatched her away from her family in the blink of an eye. Her kids were back to being the orphans no one wanted, even those of who had aged out of the system. As they stood around Claudette's grave, holding hands and trying to choke back many tears, each of them knew their lives would change forever. They now owned a house, and a five-hundred-thousand-dollar insurance policy was to be split between eight kids. In conjunction with that, they soon discovered that they were left with enemies no one knew existed in Claudette's world. Their Uncle Snap was well aware of those enemies, and after one of the children embarked upon a lockbox with keys, codes, and monetary figures, Uncle Snap presented them with a video Mama had left, telling them who to trust and explaining her nefarious activities. A secret bunker underneath the house opened their eyes. It was filled with money, drugs and specific directions from Claudette who had built an empire from the ground up. A syndicate is what Uncle Snap called it, and since Claudette was dead, it was up to the kids to keep it going. Somebody had to step up to be the leader. One of them had to take her place, and they had to do so swiftly. The Syndicate waited for no one, and it was a criminal enterprise that trafficked in millions of dollars of drugs throughout the United States yearly. From the Port of Miami to the border of Canada, the Syndicate was a force to be reckoned with. Unbeknownst to every child, Claudette had been training them for this moment . . . this time. She had honed in on each of their skills, knowing that they would one day step up and run this fucking city.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateAug 30, 2016
    ISBN9781501927768
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    • 4/5
      Family, Money, and drugs! A well written story but sometimes it felt like parts were missing. Jovan stepped into his position with ease and that's what I loved about it. Even with the heavy weight on his shoulders he still made sure to take care of family.
    • 5/5
      "Respect the past, so you can do better in the future."
    • 5/5
      Listen to Mama Carefully... Angels Are Watching!

      Any doubt of how a new story line and character would be received should be nil/void. I've enjoyed every part of 'Hood Misfits' and crave even more but the bar has been raised with 'The Syndicate'. Page for page, I'm hearing music as my mental playlist selections of Kenny Rogers and Beyonce on repeat made no sense until the last page.

      Claudette McPhearson must have had a crystal ball or foresaw the future while raising children she loved as her own. Taken from the bowels of hell and made into a family they all needed, that's unconditional. Honing skills that they wouldn't utilize with purpose before the need was understood. She made the weak valuable,some just don't see/understand their own strength

      Focus and Stay Grounded...
      Be My Better Half, Keep Me Humble...
      We Can Have the World but We're All We Have!!!


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