In prison on drug charges, I felt inspired to start writing to bring a view never before seen, and to show that the path we are on is only building bigger criminals e B00571NY5AI m married to my dream girl ballerina, Sanette, who plays Annette in Upon Release, the sequel to Roll Call, and my greatest accomplishment post release is the review I got from Kirkus ISBN 978 1 4392 4608 5Kirkus Discoveries, Nielsen Business Mediadiscoveries kirkusreviewsA harrowing, down and dirty depiction sometimes reminiscent of Steven Soderbergh s Traffic of America s war on drugs, by former dealer and California artist Langohr.Locked up for a decade on drugs charges and immersed in both philosophical tomes and modern pulp thrillers, Langohr penned Roll Call, a light fictionalization of his troubled life I went from obsessively pacing my cell and wondering and worrying about how I was actually going to get my attorney to defend me, and how many years this sentence would bring, writes Langohr in an afterword, to realizing that if I find a way to write what s in my head, I can find a way out of this hole I had put myself in The book s hero is Benny B.J Johnson, a kid who grows up in a troubled home His parents are essentially good, but they fight often Eventually, his mother escapes, departing in a small car with over a hundred thousand miles on it and some clothes From there, B.J s descent is all but inevitable he hangs out with the wrong crowd and starts dealing But the author is not content to tell the story from only the protagonist s perspective Instead, he toggles the angle like a master director, taking in the stories of American lawmen, Mexican dealers, outlaw bikers, prison guards, pawn shop dealers and a dude named El Diablo who says things like, I have a master plan that I am willing to share with you Roll Call makes for exciting reading gunplay, covert operations and backhanded deals abound The author succeeds by wisely using his experiences to fuel the narrative A vivid, clamorous account of the war on drugs.