Once upon a time it was 1999. The economy was booming. The world was changing. And the end was near...the end of what? The world? Some people thought so. Not Marques IQ Golden. IQ was a genius, comfortable on both sides of the track, with a bright future ahead of him. But a walk on the wrong side of the tracks, at the wrong time derailed that future and left him with nothing but the clothes on his back and the friends at his side. For IQ, that was enough. That...and a master plan to change the street game FOREVER! The Golden Era: Winter Season is the first in a four volume cautionary X fairy tale written as a fictional memoir. It is an unflinching look at a talented but troubled young man who chooses to pursue a life of money, drugs and crime to achieve success on his terms, playing by his rules. As Q flies higher and closer to the sun, while Y2K sits on the horizon and uncertainty looms; a few things become painfully evident. What goes up, must come down. And all that glitters is not gold.