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About the Book

Former welterweight boxer and now bodyguard Charlie “Champion” Plate battles to guard a beloved--and despised--Compton mayor and prevent a dastardly Maoist takeover of the Hub City, Plate’s precious hometown, in this sequel to Champion Plate (2007)

About the Author

A Los Angeles native, McCormick began his writing career in 1971 at Foshay Junior High School (now the Foshay Learning Center) He was a writer for the Los Angeles Sentinel, the Compton Bulletin and several other publications. He was editor of the now-defunct Los Angeles Balance News. McCormick is the author of the novellas Tales of Tyrone (2006), Champion Plate (2007) and its sequel Down A Different Route (2010), all published by Authorhouse. Tales of Tyrone won Honorable Mention in the 2008 Writer’s Digest Self Published Book Awards. McCormick won a few journalism awards as well.