This riveting sequel to My Bloody Life traces Reymundo Sanchez's
struggle to create a "normal" life outside the Latin Kings, one of the
nation's most notorious street gangs, and to move beyond his past.
Sanchez illustrates how the Latin King motto "once a king, always a
king" rings true and details the difficulty and danger of leaving that
life behind. Filled with heartpounding scenes of his backslide into
drugs, sex, and violence, Once a King, Always a King recounts how
Sanchez wound up in prison and provides an engrossing firsthand account
of how the Latin Kings are run from inside the prison system. Harrowing
testaments to Sanchez's determination to rebuild his life include his
efforts to separate his family from gang life and his struggle to adapt
to marriage and the corporate world. Despite temptations, nightmares,
regressions into violence, and his own internal demons, Sanchez makes an
uneasy peace with his new life. This raw, powerful, and brutally honest
memoir traces the transformation of an accomplished gangbanger into a
responsible citizen.