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Ransom had been in the office on the other side of town since he got a new office on the squad, if James could be referred to as such. He wasn’t Ransom’s pick for sure, seeming to come down from the castle, making him wonder why he was chief in the first place if he couldn’t hire his own damn officers. Price he’d have to pay in the end he assumed. James had yet to impress him in anyway, but as it stood the shop owner needed more help than Ransom first assumed. He knew the other was a wolf and physically would be fine. Wood wasn’t a weakness of theirs, but the emotional side of it wasn’t as simple to deal with.

By no means was Ransom an emotional being. Emotions weren’t what made a good cop. Yes he had then and yes he felt things, but he knew how to be objective when the time called for it. How he felt or how he’d handle something wasn’t any kind of reflection on how another would. Calling on the radio he had James meet them in town and tended to the wolf before the other showed up. 

“Need you to take that one down to the station. Slave for sure, but has use of power I’d assume from this.” He gestured to the broken up shop. “Careful with him. Guessing he’s cambion, young one. You should be able to handle him.” Ransom commented referring to their first meeting when Ransom had to catch the villager that slipped the other officer. “That one can’t slip you, you understand me Crawley.” Because Ransom wasn’t having his numbers fucked because James couldn’t handle a cambion. 

LUMBERTON, N.C.—Joined by nearly 70 East Coast authors, Sean Jackson (Haw, Harvard Square Editions, June 2015) helped raise monies and awareness for illiteracy in North Carolina schools during the annual Book ‘Em writers conference at Robeson Community College on Feb. 27.

The event showcased a keynote address by North Carolina Poet Laureate Shelby Stephenson.

Jackson was also featured in a panel discussion, The Author’s Path to Publication, presented before a packed room during the daylong event.

Haw has been called a new star on the dystopian landscape.

“Dystopian fiction has been all the rage in YA circles in recent years, from The Hunger Games to Divergent. But Haw reminds us that the apocalypse isn’t just kid stuff. Its long literary tradition traces smoking wreckage from Brave New World to The Road, and it’s in this line that Haw falls.” – Brian Howe, IndyWeek

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The novel follows Lucas and Orel, father and son, as they try to survive in this hostile environment. Lucas is a water purification scientist fighting a losing battle, while Orel is a budding photojournalist who hopes to escape the South for the mythical haven of the North. We eventually learn that Orel is gay, which provides context for the bad public school experience that led to his homeschooling.

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