First Blood

In the novel First Blood, one family is caught up in the never-ending cycle of gang violence after seeking a fresh start in Los Angeles, California.

Ever since he was a small boy in Texas, Rodney Neon Robinson always called the shots. But when his newly-single mother moves him and his six siblings to southern California, their new life introduces them to more than a new urban existence. Thirteen-year-old troubled Neon falls victim to the streets and becomes incarcerated, spending the better...