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Damon DaVohn Hopkins is an author, poet, novelist,
speaker, and overall lover of words. He’s a native of Flint, MI,
but now resides in the Dallas, TX area with his family.
In addition to a love for writing, Dame carries a passion for
the black community and it shows in his work. Having been born
and raised at ground-zero of the American auto industry’s
demise, he’s intimate with the hobbling challenges faced by
Urban America. That said, his words share an honesty that
crosses race, gender, and social lines, and appeals to the
hearts of readers from all walks of life.
His debut novel, “The Sons of Shea”, was published in 2008 under
his pen name, Dame DaVohn. It has received outstanding ratings
from reviewers and emphatic acclaim from readers. He’s currently
working on several projects that will surely inspire, challenge,
and compel readers to higher planes of thought!
You can visit his personal website at:
http://www.DameDavohn.com or contact him via Email:
Dame@DameDavohn.com
 The Sons
of Shea
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Paperback: 371 pages
Publisher: Affinity Publishing (September 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0982038909
ISBN-13: 978-0982038901
Read an AALBC.com Book Review
Time was hard to Stonegate, MI, the Rock as known to the
locals. Her citizens had always led prosperous lives as the
industrial aristocracy, but in the 1980’s and 90’s the factories
closed and the corners opened – crack came. The drugs gave way
to lawlessness, lawlessness to murder, and murder to despair.
Rapid were the days in which Stonegate died and the Rock was
born.
Bishop, a gifted native son of Stonegate, left immediately after
high school to study and learn more of life beyond the Rock. He
was the only child of the noblest and strongest of men, an
enigmatic ex-Black Panther that loved his people to no end and
planted the same passion like strong trees in the soil of his
son’s soul. “This is our community, our home, if it needs
fixing, we must fix it – building, we must build it – policing,
we must police it. But no one is coming to save black folk Son,
it’s just us!”
After six long years of absence Bishop’s father concedes a
short, but hard-fought battle with cancer, and the prodigious
boy returns home a man. He was a young prince with a plan to
free his queen from the dope and the murder, the crack and the
crime…but most of all the despair. He recruits a group of his
childhood friends and they wage a new type of war upon the
blood-filled streets, the pimped-out pulpits, and the crooked
politics of their fallen city. These young heroes start an
incredible movement that restores hope to the hopeless.
And, as with all great stories, love pulses through the veins of
this tale as the enigmatic leader of the struggle is eventually
forced to choose between the two great loves of his life, the
movement and the beautiful Ella – a young, urban queen unlike
any woman he’d ever known.
Finally, and tragically, the entire movement is threatened from
within as love spirals into betrayal; and greed and jealousy
circle the fledgling movement like ravenous wolves.
The arresting climax transcends race, gender, and culture in a
way that delivers a great American epic that is sure to inspire
you!
“Black Me”
by
Dame DaVohn
Strong in body, powerful mind
Deep, funny, sexy, fine
Soothing smiles – occasional tears
Courageously brave battling fears
Hopelessly silly, goofy, plain
Eloquent, articulate, grammatical – slang
Rhythmic, smooth; charming and sweet
Poetic, romantic, stable, complete
Bald-headed, ebony….perfectly brown
Beautifully skinned, Black - Proud!
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