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Fourteen years after her last adventure, Thursday Next, literary detective, finds herself in an unusual situation her job policing the fictional characters of the BookWorld has been downgraded since her previous escapades are now themselves in print. However, a pressing threat may call her back...

Jackson and Rae thought their discovery was already strange enough. But when answers about the scroll leads them into the heart of New Orleans, they uncover a prophecy older than memory—one that speaks of soulmates bound by amulets, and an ancient curse. Madame Aucoin tells them a story of heirs to an ancient burden, but the truth hits harder than any legend: the tether isn’t just myth. It’s in their blood, in their bodies, pulling them toward each other even as it threatens to tear them apart.

Set in America's New Wild West, this medical thriller features Kit Carson, a single mom nurse, who joins the Vigilantes for Healthcare Justice to fight against armed crazies, a crooked sheriff, and the greed of the corporate hospital. Drama and trauma on the night shift in five episodes. In the vein of Samuel Shem's The House of God and B.P. Reiter's The Saturday Night Knife & Gun Club, Collison writes a medical thriller from a nurse's point of view, with gun locked & loaded and tongue firmly in cheek.