

The traps and the needs of the main character and his loved ones are spelled out over the next few chapters. Now, I realize I’m dealing with a different kind of story. I saw all of them laid out for me in the tension of the moment, but I didn’t put it all together until the real ending of that scene was revealed. At the end of that scene, still caught up in the action, Cosby drops the clues about what is really going on. The thrilling scene plays out and you think you figured out how the characters are going to be hurt. Probably the sort of friends your mother told you to stay away from. In the process, you learn important things about the character in story in the midst of the action without realizing you’re getting to know these people like old friends.

The novel opens with an illegal drag race that captures your attention from page one. I need to describe the unpredictability of this novel without giving away the brilliant twists that keep you barreling around the blind turns of these highways as unprepared as the characters are. These characters have history that is told and even more history that is felt through their actions and their interactions in settings where you can feel the dirt, the oil smell, and the bad choices sticking to you. They are three-dimensional and desperately flawed. Cosby writes characters of all races and economic levels with gritty, unflinching truth.

How has there not been a book called Blacktop Wasteland before? Reading that book with sell Blacktop Wasteland to you better than anything else I can say.įirst off, this title is great. If you are not certain about pre-ordering a novel from an author you haven’t read before, then check out My Darkest Prayer.

It is by far one of the books I have recommended the most to readers ever since I read it. I became wildly impressed with this author’s talent after reading My Darkest Prayer by S.A. It cost me millions of dollars and many relationships, but it was worth it because this book is amazing crime fiction. I read it early because I invented time travel just for the purpose of reading this book early. Cosby will be released on Jthrough Flatiron Books.
