New York: Harper Collins, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of a young black lawyer in Houston, Texas, in 1981, trying to put his past behind him and barely succeeding in staying above water. Nominated for the Edgar, short listed for the Orange award, this grips you from the first page. Boldly INSCRIBED by the author on the title page "To --- To your joy, Many blessings" 427 pp. ISBN: 978006173868.