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The Ark Ranch
The Ark Ranch
The Ark Ranch
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Kade Blackburn, his wife, Abby, and his family (numbering four kids) move to Chino Valley after his graduation in Flagstaff. He is a reporter for the Prescott paper. When Kade sues the Prescott police chief over a beating, the chief kidnaps his family to try to get Kade to rescind the lawsuit. The chief fires at Kade on Prescott courthouse grounds when he refuses to rescind the lawsuit. Kade, wounded, breaks the neck of the chief and manages to rescue his family. The rest of the police close ranks around the chief and wont let Kade in to interview any more prisoners whove been arrested.
LanguageEnglish
PublisheriUniverse
Release dateAug 27, 2016
ISBN9781532006265
The Ark Ranch
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Barclay Franklin

I have a master’s degree in English (with emphasis on creative writing) from NAU. I taught creative writing and basic writing at Yavapai College from 1991–1995. I have published four novels at iUniverse and have some on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing as ebooks.

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