

HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Be ready for requests for urban lit star Sister Souljah’s much publicized sequel to her two-million-plus seller, The Coldest Winter Ever. Souljah’s fans will recognize familiar themes from her earlier realistic coming-of-age novel, while this raw and otherworldly tale conveys the terrible consequences of Winter’s poor choices, which will haunt her until she begs for redemption. Fans fell in love with the unforgettable. There Winter must face all the sins she’s committed and bow down and worship not her beautiful self, money, or power but the one and only Allah only then can she ascend to the City of Mercy. Twenty years ago, Sister Souljahs debut novel, The Coldest Winter Ever, became a bestselling cultural phenomenon. But before she can revel in her return, she finds herself in a hellish realm known as the Last Stop before the Drop. Intoxicated by power, Winter has always gone after the fast money now her ticket back to the big time (after doing time) is a reality-TV show all about her. The fiercest and most fly female in Brooklyn, Winter has just completed a 15-year sentence for the crime of being a gangster’s girl. After two decades, author, activist, hip-hop artist, and film producer Sister Souljah presents an inventive sequel to her best-selling, much-loved The Coldest Winter Ever (2004), continuing the story of Winter Santiaga.
