Don Starchild had to do ten years in Trenton State Prison for a crime of murder that he did not commit.\u00a0 He was set up by his childhood friend Sosa who was a part of his first organization that once controlled a section of Newark NJ.<\/p>\n

Don only went halfway when punishing Sosa for sending him to prison and Sosa used Don\u2019s younger brother as a pawn to force Don to face him after a huge defeat to his ego.\u00a0 However, his brother was accidentally killed in the process of Sosa\u2019s revenge.<\/p>\n

Don then became a cold and calculating man and his quest was to build an empire in tribute to his slain brother.\u00a0 His main goal was one of power and he wanted to totally dominate the underworld in order to fill the void created by his mistake of not killing his one and true enemy when he had the chance.<\/p>\n

Don immersed himself deep into the world of a gangster and with the help of a Columbian cartel he built a family of his own.\u00a0 They were willing to die for their leader but on the last day of serving him, they watched him die before their very eyes.<\/p>\n

OR DID THEY?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Baptism By Fire is an urban fiction novel based on the character Don Starchild who was sent to prison for 10 years because he was set up by a childhood friend for murder for which he was innocent. He decided to take revenge on Sosa for sending him to prison. However, in the process Don’s brother was killed which made him become everything he did not want to be. Don with the help of a Columbian cartel built a family of his own that was willing to die for their leader. On the last day of serving him they watched him die before their very eyes. OR DID THEY?<\/p>\n

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