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Not His Shadow: A Gritty Coming-of-Age Boxing Novel
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Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
He grew up in the ruins of another man's mistakes.
Chris Carter is sixteen, angry, broke, and carrying a last name people remember for all the wrong reasons. His father, Liam Carter, was once feared in underground fight circles, until debt, violence, and one terrible night destroyed everything.
Now Chris lives in the shadow of a man he refuses to become.
When he walks into a brutal boxing gym run by the cold and legendary Garrett, Chris discovers something dangerous inside himself: real talent. Not for surviving. For hurting people.
As he rises through the fight world, every victory pulls him deeper into violence, fame, obsession, and the addictive roar of the crowd. But boxing doesn't just build fighters. It exposes them.
And Chris is terrified of what he's becoming.
Caught between the ghosts of his father, the ruthless expectations of Garrett, and the one person who still sees the humanity inside him, Chris must decide whether he's fighting to become a champion... or just another broken man wearing the Carter name.
Raw, emotional, and impossible to put down, Not His Shadow is a gripping coming-of-age boxing novel about identity, rage, masculinity, love, and the brutal fight to escape the past.
Perfect for readers of gritty literary fiction, emotional sports dramas, and character-driven stories that hit just as hard outside the ring as inside it.
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