Touching on the defeats, the triumphs, and most pressing troubles of his motherland, Jamaican poet and author- Christopher A. Thompson paints a poignant, and sometimes gory portrait, of Jamaican life with his pen in a courageous, powerful memoir- a soul that was once lost in his own shadow has emerge from his defeat to tell his troubled past... This is his story... About this book: Special Note to my dear prospective, but loyal readers: Making absolute difference to pave the way for a brighter future, has always been the vision of author Christopher A Thompson. From the secluded village of mountainous Mount Moriah, Saint Ann, Jamaica, a place where cultivation, physical-labour, farm-animal, straightforwardness, love, peace, tranquility, harmony and reciprocated living once existed, to a lone and long tormented journey, that would later land him in the core of the Urban City-in one of the most fortified but bone-chilling and notoriously dangerous ghetto in one of Kingston ́s slum... A community where violence seem prone and crooks lurk, where friends turn deadly and murderous speeches heard, where police brutality lingers and cases turn cold, while plundering, killing, political disturbances and social issues, would serves as an extreme compulsion.... Throughout Christopher ́s life, he encountered countless trials, heart-wrenching discourses of crushing chronicles in his native Jamaica-one that tested his soul, his fate, and the limits of his endurance... After much learning, he realized that perseverance, wisdom, hard work toped with moral values are key elements needed and one that should be establish among people... An insightful look at his incredible journey and his eventful life and life ́s philosophy, begins with the release of his first book, entitled - "TELL IT AS IT IS IN THE HEART OF THE MASTERMIND..." In this book, the author unleashed to readers the sleazy and miserable history once existed behind his Jamaican heritage... Being forsaken by his biological mom at a very fragile age; Thompson grew up with his foster parents in a dysfunctional but dilapitated home- in rural Saint Ann, a dwelling where poverty, corporal castigation and domestic insanity rised at its core... He was a desirable and well-mannered child who was at no fault of his own grew up to be obnoxious, miserable, troubled, emotionally drained, scared, extremely confused and explicitly rude: A child screaming desperately from within, frantically trying to find himself in his own shadow- as he fought to keep his head above drowning waters: Christopher has indeed come a long way... Being brutalized, both physically and verbally, inflicted at the hands of his foster parents- Thompson, soon realized that he have had enough and ran-away from his foster home in vent for a better prospect, but more so, to escape extreme oppression... He farther himself to the capital City of Kingston to begin his quest for a brighter future, but soon things got exceedingly difficult for him fast- when he stayed in the mean but troubled side of town "Concrete Jungle" (Kingston's Slum) where many negative aspect of society existed... After much grave experiences he realized he had looked demise in the eye, he had cheated death, yes he has! Unwilling to give up himself, his life, he overcame the trials that followed, migrated to the United States, and soon earned for himself a better living, and subsequently a better education some time later... This incredible but insightful chronicle of a young man and his rocky journey towards a grand dream-remained one man ́s courage, strength of mind, endurance, perseverance, and one man's ODYSSEY, one that took him from the mean streets of Kingston, to new challenges in the Bronx, and ultimately, a new family, and one of the things he needed most- A PEACE OF MIND... His accomplishments to modern success is a testament to ins