Patrick Walsh relives his Failed Moments in two past lives in order to salvage his modern day existence. Can he correct the mistakes of his past? Patrick travels back to: The French Caribbean in 1790- Just Before the Slave Revolution- Biracial plantation owner Patrice Beaumont is known as a “kinder” slave master committed to ending slavery, but his actions don’t back-up his words. Is being the “best of the worst” all he’s capable of or will he have the courage to stand up for what is right? 1863 New York City- During the Draft Riots- Irish street fighter Patrick Allen is days away from the biggest fight of his career, when the Draft Riots ignite dangerous racial conflicts around the city and deadly acts of violence by Irish gangs. Never one to take sides outside the ring, he steers clear of the angry mobs. So when he stumbles on a lynching in progress, who can expect him to do anything more than look away? Patrick is guided by his Aunt Grace who has been with him in each of his lives. The stakes are high---this is his last chance. Success moves both of them forward. There is no going back. Volume #1 of A. Robert Allen’s Slavery and Beyond Series- Stories tackling race relations during times leading up to or immediately following the end of slavery.

Rejected by his race. Hunted by the Klan. Yet, standing up to hatred is what he’s compelled to do. New York, Early 1900s: Jimmy Montgomery comes from old New York money and grows up among the Manhattan elite. At the age of eighteen, Jimmy discovers he’s been living a lie. He follows his roots back to Tulsa, Oklahoma to answer the burning questions in his life. Who is he? What is he? Where does he belong? He finds love and friendship along the way, but full acceptance from either the White or the Black world eludes him. When trouble pits the White population of Tulsa against the Black community of Greenwood, Jimmy must finally make a choice---he can no longer live in the middle. His decision will alter the course of his life and those he’d come to love. What will he decide? Pick up a copy to find out. LIVING IN THE MIDDLE is a powerful African American historical novel based on the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. If you like passionate heroes, no-holds-barred history, high-stakes emotional tension, then you’ll love A. Robert Allen’s eye-opening story. LIVING IN THE MIDDLE is a stand-alone story connected by theme to the other volumes in A. Robert Allen’s Slavery and Beyond series.

A former slave gets his dream job working on the Brooklyn Bridge project, but becomes a pawn in a battle involving the gangs of Irishtown and the corrupt Metropolitan Police.  Will his special physical abilities help him survive or will his awkward social deficits prove to be too much to overcome? 1863 Weeksville, Brooklyn- The free Black community of Weeksville becomes home to an unusually small boy and his mother who fled Manhattan during New York’s Draft Riots.  When his mother succumbs to her injuries, the boy swears revenge against everyone and everything that contributed to her death.  His diminutive size and acrobatic climbing abilities make him a spectacle to behold, while his awkward social habits make him an outcast to everyone in Weeksville, except the adopted family he swears to protect. When his stepbrother is attacked, the boy becomes embroiled in a battle between the Irish Gangs and Whiskey Kings of Irishtown while the corrupt Metropolitan Police sit on the sidelines.  The backdrop of the action is the building of the Brooklyn Bridge and the racial tensions of the period. A WAVE FROM MAMA is a stand-alone story connected in concept with the other volumes in the Slavery and Beyond Series.

Stay and fight or cut and run? Young Bodee Rivers can save so many from a terrible fate, but he must find the courage to act. 1904 New York City- Bodee Rivers, who has always avoided major challenges in his life, moves to the most dangerous block in the city, MINETTA LANE. Police in pursuit of criminals often give up the chase as they approach the entrance to Minetta because even they know better than to test the hardened criminals who hide in the shadows. Bodee’s circle of family and friends help him successfully manage life in the neighborhood and some initial tests of his perseverance, but when he finds himself alone at work, confronted with an overwhelming challenge, he isn’t sure he’s up to the task. Many lives are at stake and Bodee must make a choice. Stand and fight or cut and run? Running is what he knows and what will keep him safe. Will Bodee find the courage to fight? MINETTA LANE, the third volume in A. Robert Allen’s Slavery and Beyond series, is a stand-alone African American novel of historical fiction that is based, in part, on the General Slocum Steamship Disaster. The book is connected by theme to the other volumes in the series.