HAMPTON

Set in the shadows of New Orleans, where politics and power play out in the streets, HAMPTON is a bold, modern-day reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

When Hampton “Ham” Ellis returns home after the death of his father—a legendary kingpin—he finds more than grief waiting for him. The throne has already been taken. His mother is entangled with the man who took his father’s place. And loyalty, once a given, is now a dangerous illusion.

But this isn’t Denmark. This is the block. And Ham isn’t just mourning—he’s watching. Listening. Plotting.

HAMPTON burns with poetic grief and streetwise calculation. It’s a story of betrayal that echoes across families, of legacy that weighs heavy on the shoulders of a reluctant son, and of a crown inherited by force rather than faith. As ghosts rise and secrets rot, Ham is left with a choice: break the cycle—or become what he hates most.

HAMPTON speaks to a generation caught between inheritance and injustice. It asks: What do you do when power is dirty, but silence is deadlier? How do you reclaim your name in a world designed to erase it?

This book matters because it fuses the classical with the contemporary—merging Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy with the lived experience of Black men raised in systems that crown kings with concrete, not gold. HAMPTON gives voice to the sons of slain leaders, the ones left to clean up the blood and carry the blame.

It’s not just a retelling. It’s a resurrection.