Gang Lands is a book written by Ross Kemp. It is mostly based in the shanty Brazilian towns known as 'favelas', in Rio de Janeiro. Luiz, a Brazilian teenager is taken by a secret organisation called Trojan. This is because Luiz's sister, Ana, was caught in a car that had a boot full of drugs and was arrested, although she knew nothing about the drugs and was innocent. Trojan then tell Luiz that they can get Ana out of custody if he goes on a mission for them. Trojan are trying to stop a gang that is newly formed in the Santa Marta 'favela'. They are known as the 'Commando Negro'. Trojan want Luiz to go to the 'favela' and try and get a place in this gang so he find a out who is running and financing them. It turns out they are making money from drug dealing on a major scale. Luiz needs to find out who is supplying the drugs so he can free his sister, but if he is discovered by the gang, they will kill him. Luiz finds himself lose to death many times but he sees a different side to some of the gang members and begins to become friends with them. This turns out to be a bad mistake and he finds himself in an even worse situation as a result of it...
Christopher Scholes
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