The Life You Save. The Life You Save, #1

When the streets turn deadly, the truth can cost you everything. Marlon King thought he left the game behind-but the game wasn't done with him. After a wild New Year's party, Marlon wakes up to chaos he can't explain and a phone call that changes everything. His closest friend, Tez, has been found dead under suspicious circumstances. Hours later, the police storm his apartment, a stranger bursts through his door begging for help, bullets fly, and another friend-Wann-is caught in the crossfire. Suddenly, Marlon is surrounded by blood, lies, and betrayal.
and the cops are treating him like the problem. Wrongfully detained, pushed for information he doesn't have, and fighting for his freedom, Marlon is forced to confront the life he walked away from. When Shania-someone from his past he never expected to see again-shows up to bail him out, he realizes nothing about this situation is coincidence.and no one is telling the whole truth. But the streets talk.
And when the killer calls Marlon directly, everything changes. The hunt for answers takes him deep into Detroit's coldest corners-a place where loyalty ain't free, enemies wear familiar faces, and every move could be a setup. Surrounded by a crew ready for war, Marlon steps into a deadly ambush that exposes a conspiracy bigger than Tez, Wann, or any of them ever imagined. When the smoke clears, Marlon discovers money, drugs, corruption, and a truth so dark it threatens to swallow everyone connected to it.
Now he must decide: Will he save his own life.or lose it trying to deliver justice for the only people who ever loved him? Gritty, suspenseful, and full of shocking twists, The Life You Save is an explosive urban thriller about friendship, loyalty, and the dangerous price of survival in a world where one wrong decision can cost you everything.