A gritty, heartfelt story of second chances, lost dreams, and the game that just might save a life. In the summer of 1997, Atlantic City is booming—a glittering playground for the rich and reckless. But for Timmy Davenport, it's just home. And he wants out. Once hailed as a “can’t miss” basketball prospect, Timmy seemed destined to escape the streets that shaped him. But after a disastrous sophomore year derails his college career, he returns to the city he tried to leave behind—broke, broken, and battling his demons. Addiction, self-destruction, and the weight of expectations hang over him like a storm. Over one sweltering summer, Timmy confronts the people and places that defined street courts buzzing with talent and trash talk, old friends swallowed by the underworld, and a fractured family he can’t quite reach. As he prepares for a high-stakes tournament that could revive his basketball dreams, he stumbles into a love that might finally anchor him—if he doesn’t lose himself first. Raw, emotional, and unflinching, Saints of the Asphalt is more than a sports novel—it's a powerful coming-of-age story about redemption, resilience, and the fight to reclaim your future when the past won't let go.
Authors
Author of the novels STILL BLACK REMAINS (published by Literary Wanderlust) and LOST EXIT, and NINE IN THE MORNING (published by Death Row Books), as well as 2 Fight Card books - FIGHT CARD: HARD ROAD, and FIGHT CARD: CAN'T MISS CONTENDER. My short stories have been featured in publications ranging from The Literary Review to The Foundling Review, Word Riot, and A Twist of Noir, and I have been nominated for two separate Pushcart Prizes. I was the Features writer for The Bergen News and Press Journal, and other non-fiction articles have been included in publications ranging from the NYTimes.com, the Life/Style section of The Boston Globe, to the TriCity News. I also post my fiction at A COLD RUSH OF AIR, and show up periodically at: SLIDING DOWN THE RAZOR'S EDGE to offer opinions and POV on topics not too earth-shattering in size, scope, or detail. Writer - Surfer - Badass ...... It's a New Jersey thing: attitude, edginess, and Bruce Springsteen... and sometimes even Bon Jovi. I left the Garden State (New Jersey) to live in a small college town in North Georgia with my wife Helen and a variety of children and pets. Founder/Creative Director at StoryTellers StoryTellers is a community based organization that develops literacy through the art of writing. Using reading, group exercises, and one on one mentoring, Story Tellers provides under-served teenagers and young adults the opportunity to write their own stories which can inspire them to discover the strength and power of their own voices. The goal of the program is to develop literacy, self-expression, and self-esteem.
