HNIC

Superb crime fiction by the multiplatinum selling hip-hop artist Prodigy (cocreator of the duo, Mobb Deep) and bestselling author Steven Savile.

Prodigy is an internationally renowned writer and performer, best known for the hip-hop duo Mobb Deep, a signature group in the hard-core gansta rap movement. He is the producer and president of Infamous Records, an independent music label housed in the Sony family. Infamous Books is an off-shoot of the record company, committed to publishing urban fiction inspired by the gansta rap movement for which Prodigy is best known.
2013 is the 20-year anniversary of Mobb Deep’s best known record, The Infamous. Prodigy and his collaborator Havoc are reuniting for a world-wide tour this fall, including stops in Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Germany (multiple cities), France (multiple cities), Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Finland, Austria, England (multiple cities), Iceland, Chile, Brazil, Australia, Russia, Nigeria, the Caribbean, Russia, and Japan.
HNIC is a lightning-paced crime fiction featuring a young black protagonist, Pappy, lured into committing a jewel heist by his sinister mentor, who betrays and nearly murders him. The pages turn with Pappy’s effort to both seek revenge, and escape the cruel environs of his youth. HNIC—which is the first in a five-book series planned with Prodigy and Steven Savile—ends with a note of hope as Pappy escapes to Florida with the love of his life.
Steven Savile is the internationally best-selling fantasy, horror, and thriller author whose novel, Shadow of the Jaguar, was translated into nine languages and was a #1 best seller in the UK. He’s written over twenty books, edited and coedited multiple anthologies, and currently lives in Stockholm.