Concrete Jungle

De: Author TARU

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Experience the Authentic Pulse of City Life.

Author TARU brings a masterful fusion of genres to the page, combining the raw, uncompromising energy of street literature with the profound, character-driven depth of urban fiction. TARU's narratives are more than just stories—they are vivid explorations of complex themes, delivering unforgettable, high-impact reading.

Freedom was supposed to taste sweet. Instead, it tasted like rust and regret.

Jermaine Washington walks out of Stateville Correctional Center with forty-seven dollars, a pair of worn Jordans, and eight years of prison survival carved into his bones. The system promised rehabilitation. What it delivered was a masterclass in becoming a better predator.

Fresh Start Staffing sells "second chances." Jermaine sees the perfect cover for his next move.

Asha didn't cross an ocean chasing the American Dream—she ran from a nightmare. Three jobs. One daughter wheezing from black mold. A landlord who takes more than rent. When fire destroys everything, she rebuilds from the ashes—not as a victim, but as a queen. The shelter becomes her classroom. The streets become her kingdom. Survival isn't enough anymore. She wants power.

Mama Gloria Jenkins is a legend—the conscience of Chicago's South Side. Behind the tears and press conferences, she's built an empire where pain is currency and struggle is the most profitable business in America. Her Workers' Justice Center promises hope. What it delivers is a hustle so sophisticated, even the players don't see the strings.

When Jermaine and Asha's paths collide in Mama Gloria's web, they recognize something in each other: the will to survive at any cost.

This isn't a story about redemption. This is a story about power.

From warehouse heists to boardroom corruption, from ICE raids to City Hall backrooms, Concrete Jungle exposes the machinery grinding America's forgotten into dust—and the predators who learned to feed on it.

"They say the system is broken. The truth is worse: it works exactly as designed."

No heroes. No redemption. Just the cold mathematics of survival in a city that devours the weak and crowns the ruthless.

The concrete jungle doesn't change. It sheds its skin. And beneath every reform, every grant, every "second chance"—the same beast waits, hungry and patient.

When everyone's dirty, survival is the only victory that matters!

⚠️ Content Warning: Explicit language, violence, sexual content, and unflinching depictions of systemic exploitation. This book contains no easy answers.

"Author TARU" doesn't just write about the streets—he dissects them with a surgeon's precision and a survivor's rage."

THE CONCRETE JUNGLE PERSISTS.
THE GAME NEVER ENDS.
WELCOME TO THE REAL AMERICA.

it like listening to goodtimes

same old thing black people always poor criminalized and unskilled. never having a way out. black fiction seems to count on the readers to be uneducated.