Twelve-year-old Clyde Thomason's older brother is a guard on the Freedom Train, which is carrying the Bill of Rights and other documents throughout the country in 1948, but Clyde is also learning about rights and freedom as he is saved from a beating by an African American boy, and later returns the favor when men in their Atlanta suburb decide to show the "Nigras" their place.

"From the moment R & B star Cambria Harding walks into Miles Woodson's Atlanta recording studio, he knows there'll be trouble. She's as fiery as he is reserved, and she gets under his skin like no woman ever has. The impassioned artist forces Miles out of his comfort zone, saying this spark is just a pleasurable distraction. But the heat of their "limited engagement" makes them wonder if opposites can do more than just attract."--Back cover.

"In Atlanta, Kenny Bomar is a biochemist-turned-coffee-shop-owner in denial about his divorce and grieving his stillborn daughter. Chemicals killed their child, leaching from a type of plant the government is hiding in Black neighborhoods. Kenny's coping mechanisms are likewise chemical and becoming more baroque--from daily injections of lethal snake venom to manufacturing designer drugs. As his grief turns corrosive, it taints every person he touches....

Never underestimate a misfit...All Enzo aka Shawn Banks, and Bianca "Angel" Smith wanted to do was leave the evidence of their old life behind them, but the past always has a way of coming back to haunt you. When International King Pin, Damien Orlando, was taken down, the streets of Atlanta thought DOA's reign of terror was over, but sometimes even tied up ends can unravel. Step into the underworld of the NFL, where E.N.G.A takes on a whole new meaning,...

"In the fast-paced inner city of the ATL, JAHROME sets out to get his bank up. Not only is he charismatic, smooth talking and ambitious, he's about that gunplay, anytime, any day. When a vicious attack is aimed at his sister, Jahrome must step away from the drug game and prove to the wolves in the streets that he is A SAVAGE DOPE BOY, with a murderous heart to match his savvy business mind. In the midst of a brutal street beef, a man's clout may get...

The intense crime drama is quickly heating up in Atlanta, Georgia as the body count rises, and the FBI is hot on the trail, as stacked up dead bodies draw unwanted attention. After losing the woman he truly loved, JC escapes Pontiac and finds himself trapped in Atlanta, with all the straight-up gangstas there lined up against him. Determined to succeed and feeding on that angry grief, he makes an internal promise that he will not hesitate to kill...

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 withBrooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. This much-anticipated and long-overdue installment in Akashic's Noir Series reveals many sides of Atlanta known only to its residents. Brand-new stories by: Tananarive Due, Kenji Jasper, Tayari Jones, Dallas Hudgens, Jim...