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At 8:56pm on December 9, 2008, Jasmine said…: hey can I locate your book at barnes and noble?

At 3:52pm on October 7, 2008, token said…: Derrick, I will write an amazon review. Did a darn good job telling it how it is in the game.

At 12:15pm on June 16, 2008, Penny Meacham-Cornelius said…: Hey! Thanks for the welcome - been traveling around a bit and unfocused on my email as of late but will get to checking out stuff in more detail once I get back to home grounding. Keep doing what ya do as it greatly encourages me to get myself out there too ---eventually.
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At 11:28pm on June 6, 2008, Dawnny Ruby Platinum Book PR said…: Hi Derrick
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California

About Me:

I wrote this book for one reason and one reason only; with hopes that I may save one youth from traveling the same path I did.

I grew up in San Francisco, CA and I was a relatively good child. I had a dream like most boys my age and that was to become a professional basketball player. When I reached the junior college level a coach stated, “You’ll never be a division one player let alone a professional”. As those words sanked into my psyche I thought, then what? That thought affected me so much that I just lost hope. My grades began to fail. What ultimately happened was I was kicked off the team.

So with a sense of hopelessness I became a failure at college and eventually left and got a job.

I needed to feel successful at something. As a drug dealer, I was just that, successful. I built a multi-million dollar business and didn’t care who fell in that process. Or so I thought. In my book I speak of a little boy begging me not to sell drugs to his mother and the child banging on the door while I had sex with her. But this is what I didn’t get the chance to write. I ran into that boy. I didn’t recognize him but he recognized me immediately. He made sure he reminded me of where I knew him from. I embarrassingly asked about his mother and he told me she had died of a drug overdose. I couldn’t help but notice that he was very well dressed. He then proceeded to share with me that he was now in the life and some of the terrible shit that he was involved in.

The Game Is Ova is my true story.

Derrick O’Neal is former drug dealer who is now an anti-drug activist. He spends his time speaking with youth groups about the danger and addiction of dealing drugs. Derrick is a single father of three boys, and resides California. To learn more about his novel visit his website.

www.thegameisova.com

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THE GAME IS OVA
Derrick O’Neal

O’Neal Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-9802098-0-8

The Games is Ova , details the life of former drug dealer “ Clay” whose original goal was to become a professional basketball player. When his dream did not become a reality and life didn’t turn out the way he planned. Clay learns the meaning of struggle. He soon learns another game to quickly make money, get respect, and feel power. He also learns that "The Game" ultimately leads to pain, fear, paranoia and sometimes death.

Derrick O'Neal shares his experience of building a multi-million dollar drug operation in and the life he experienced while building it. The Game Is Ova offers a vivid picture into "The Game" without sugar coating the danger and rawness of the life of a drug dealer. This is his true story.

Reader Reviews

This true life tale will take you on a ride and through a range of emotions...but one thing you will know is that despite the title, the game has only begun for this fresh new voice in writing. -
—S. E. Harris, author/talk show host

The Game Is Ova, paints a vivid picture of what can happen to a young man when he suddenly finds his dreams are shattered. A revealing memoir.

—Mahogany Book Club

About The Author

Derrick O’Neal is former drug dealer who is now an anti-drug activist. He spends his time speaking with youth groups about the danger and addiction of dealing drugs. Derrick is a single father of three boys, and resides California. To learn more about his novel visit his website.

www.thegameisova.com