The Furies

The city of Fury is both a haven and a hell for the teens who call it home. In Corey Croft¿s gritty novel The Furies, a crew of friends are divided on whether or not to escape Fury, or to embrace its physical, social, and psychological boundaries. Cava and Luc grew up within shouting distance of one another¿s front stoops in the Oxford Projects. By seventeen, they are as much brothers as they are best friends. But as the pair begin their senior year of high school, their lives start moving at different speeds. Encouraged by his lifelong pal Sally and his girlfriend Anjuli, Cava considers college and a life outside of Fury; meanwhile, Luc becomes a full-fledged drug dealer, in part to pay the debts of his addicted older brother. Still, love and loyalty dictate that Cava can¿t leave his friend to fend for himself as Luc¿s family and future unravel.