The Block - Amanda Mallett

Stone Harris learned young that Brooklyn does not raise boys. It sharpens them into weapons. After surviving an abusive childhood, juvenile detention, and years fighting to survive the streets, Stone builds an empire powerful enough to make Brooklyn fear his name. Money comes. Power follows. Loyalty becomes everything. Until betrayal starts moving through his world. As rival crews close in, detectives tighten their grip, and violence spreads across the borough, Stone finds himself trapped in a war growing bigger than territory and money. Then a teenage girl named Nia crashes into his life carrying secrets capable of destroying everything he built. Because Nia is not just another kid from the streets. She is his daughter. In Brooklyn, loyalty dies fast. Betrayal moves faster. And every king eventually bleeds.