WORKS
Audible version
"Skillfully blending his fictional hero's coming-of-age story with a real-life racial confrontation aboard ship, Carter's tale is a winning combination of military procedural, suspense, and Black history." BOOKLIST starred review.
...vividly depicted characters (especially the protagonist, César Alvarez, his formidable girlfriend, Aida, and his bête noire, the memorable, monstrous Mr. Mike), an unsparing examination of racial discrimination and conflict aboard ship and at the San Diego Navy base, and a simmering story line that explodes on the high seas--makes this engrossing debut novel a must read.
J. Michael Lennon, author of Norman Mailer: A Double Life.
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: a novel (now available on Audible and bookstores)
The saying, between the devil and the deep blue sea, is an old nautical idiom referring to a dilemma.
The novel is set during the social turmoil of the early 1970s, and recounts the conundrum facing a young man who must flee a dangerous life on the street.
Desperate, he enlists into a Navy in transition where he seeks to find redemption in a world he didn't know existed.
Novel debut (Akashic Books)