on 22 september 2014 gordon's sixth novel, "souljah", was published by team angelica. it's an extrapolation of characters and situations first presented in the award-winning short film of the same name. it was favourably reviewed by ka-os.blogspot.com: "this is a story that deserves everyone's attention. souljah is truly breathtaking, in scale, and in ambition. i cried like a baby at times, and as events rapidly escalated in the novel's final act, i just couldn't put it down" and in the huffington post: "...a novel that defies categorization. it's a mashup of the immigrant saga, a chilling gangster thriller, a state-of-the-nation novel, a coming-of-age story and an intimate family portrait with a harrowing war crime at its heart. the fact that gordon never once drops the ball makes souljah a sprawling, visually arresting masterpiece." on 4 march 2015 it was shortlisted for a lambda literary award.