The boys grew up in a most tumultuous era, the late 1960s into the even more turbulent 1970s, in a Washington, D.C. where remnants of segregation still predominated. They lived in a group of ramshackle public housing projects, and with external prodding, believed they could leave poverty and the projects through selling "joogie," or heroin, to finance their escape. In truth, all they managed to do was enslave many of their peers on the deadly substance, and additionally ensure an early, violent death for themselves.

Why would a multi-platinum, multimillion-dollar earning recording artist devolve into what any critical analysis would describe as being an unrepentant cokehead? Certainly there are challenges unseen by an admiring public which most successful artists have to deal with constantly, almost 24-hours a day. Yet there are hundreds, thousands of artists who shun the use of illegal substances, and even those who avoid even consumption of alcohol. Sirena Lavesque, known around the world simply as Siren, was not one of them. After a near fatal overdose and months of rehab, Siren would recover and go...

Why are these girls determined to destroy their lives? Is the pull of crack cocaine that great? The answer appears to be a resounding "YES " And these young ladies from Washington, D.C., not at all of low intelligence, took that near fatal first hit, and from then on it was off to the races....

There came a time when the Great and Supreme had to step in full-force. Mankind had reached a breaking point, and nature, always quite attuned to the intricacies of man's treatment of one another, erupted in a seemingly endless series of catastrophic traumas which claimed the lives of millions. And as God descended in a spiritual realization that embellished all of his true believers and directed them towards some saving grace, so too did his conceptual opposite, Satan himself, who was determined to further recruit evil minds to enhance his efforts at overwhelming the Earth and subjugating...

In the not too distant future, it seems as if nature itself is the terrorist.

Sterling Jason Jackson was a comedian and television/movie star of such acclaim, nothing seemed out of his reach. Then he dared try to purchase a national television network, and things for him not only fell apart, but turned deadly... Pretty Paul Phillips was the heartthrob of millions of young pop music enthusiasts, and made hundreds of millions of dollars. Then he purchased the catalogues of some historic rock and roll legends, was master of his own catalogues and was determined to reign supreme over the music publishing industry. He was on his way... until his efforts to buy the entire...

Most in Washington, D.C. would think there was little need for public transportation in the city after the midnight hour weekdays. But along a thirty-mile stretch of meandering streets, from the upper Northwest quadrant to the deepest part of the far Southeast sector, there is always a wayfaring individual or two, or seven, or twelve, who depend on the No. 92 bus, to make their way to or from home, or just to escape from another part of the city after engaging in some measure of joy, some work, or perhaps, some form of devilment. Having to guide this sometimes troublesome ship are the men and...