Southside Kings: An Urban Crime Thriller Series Set in South Jamaica Queens

EVERY KINGDOM HAS AN ORIGIN.

BEFORE THE WAR. BEFORE THE BLOODSHED. BEFORE THE EMPIRE.

THERE WERE THE SOUTHSIDE KINGS.

South Jamaica, Queens.

A place where loyalty can make you family—and betrayal can put you in the ground.

Malik Carter and the men beside him aren’t looking for permission to rise. They’re young, hungry, loyal to each other, and determined to build something powerful enough to change their lives.

But the streets don’t hand out crowns.

They make you bleed for them.

As money grows, enemies appear. Brotherhood is tested. Trust becomes dangerous. And every move the Southside Kings make pulls them deeper into a world where ambition comes with consequences—and the people closest to you can become the ones capable of destroying everything you’ve built.

This is where Malik’s journey begins.

This is where the brotherhood is forged.

This is where the first betrayals hit.

And this is where decisions are made that will echo across an entire five-book saga.

SOUTHSIDE KINGS isn’t the story of men who already have power.

It’s the story of what happens when they decide they’re going to TAKE IT.

WELCOME TO SOUTH JAMAICA, QUEENS.

WELCOME TO THE RISE.

👑 SOUTHSIDE KINGS — BOOK ONE

🔥 BROTHERHOOD.
🔥 POWER.
🔥 LOYALTY.
🔥 BETRAYAL.
🔥 CONSEQUENCES.

If you love gritty, character-driven street literature where loyalty matters, betrayal has consequences, and every victory creates another enemy, step into the world of SOUTHSIDE KINGS.

But understand one thing before you enter:

BOOK ONE IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.

🌎 FROM QUEENS TO THE WORLD

The Southside Kings series has expanded far beyond the streets where the story begins, reaching readers through international distribution across more than 26 countries.

The streets may begin in Queens.

The story doesn’t stop there.

🎧 DON’T JUST READ THE STORY. HEAR THE STREETS.

SOUTHSIDE KINGS is also available as an audiobook.

Take the experience to another level and hear the conversations, confrontations, tension, loyalty, and betrayal come alive through narration.

READ THE STORY.

HEAR THE STORY.

LIVE THE EXPERIENCE.

🎧 Look for the SOUTHSIDE KINGS audiobook and experience Book One in an entirely different way.

👑 THE SOUTHSIDE KINGS SAGA

BOOK 1 — SOUTHSIDE KINGS
THE RISE

BOOK 2 — THE OUTSIDE WAR
THE WAR

BOOK 3 — RETRIBUTION SEASON
THE PRICE

BOOK 4 — DIAMOND DUST
COMING NEXT

BOOK 5 — CROWN OF ASHES
COMING

FIVE BOOKS.
ONE SAGA.
ONE EXPANDING UNIVERSE.

And when the Southside Kings saga reaches its conclusion, another world is waiting.

THE COMMISSION

BLOOD BINDS US.
SILENCE PROTECTS US.

The kingdom starts here.

START BOOK ONE.

THEN GO STRAIGHT INTO THE OUTSIDE WAR.