b A drug war is blazing in Brownsville, Brooklyn.bbrtagThe carnage has escalated far beyond the tolerable. In a last ditch effort to shut it down the NYPD sends in an outcast team of cops led by a man way past his last chance - First Grade Detective Loyd Shaw.brtagAmidst this deadly mix of poverty, injustice, addiction, and greed is there any hope for redemptionbrtagThe answer lies in a shattering, life and death climax.brtagNEW LOTS is set during the last days of the crack epidemic that devastated poor neighborhoods throughout New York City. On the ground research in Brownsville, Brooklyn lets you experience this story as if you were there. Now re-edited by the author, John Clarkson, and re-published during a time when America still struggles with the same issues today, this highly-praised novel is more relevant than ever.brtagbPRAISE FOR NEW LOTSbrtagThrillingly complex drug-war novel...hard driving realism. b- KIRKUS REVIEWSbbrtagRecommended for fans of gritty crime dramas. b- BOOKL