Jacob Kind, a synthetic person on the run for a murder he did not commit, finds himself mistaken for a professional assassin in a mining town. Needing the cash, he takes the money from the mining CEO and goes to warn the intended victim, a Native environmentalist named Raven Running Wolf, only to fall in love with her. Vowing to protect her, Jacob engages in a cat-and-mouse game as he plays both sides off of each other, the mining company and it's gang of killers and Raven's team of violent environmental terrorists. JOSHUA TODD JAMES is a novelist, screenwriter, and playwright based in New York City. He's written the feature films Pound Of Flesh, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Take Cover, starring Alice Eve and Scott Adkins, among others. Books include THE COMPANION CHRONICLES, detailing the adventures of synthetic person Jacob Kind in the novellas SOME ANIMALS, MINORITY OF ONE, FREEDOM RUN, MAN IN THE BOX, RENEGADE, and DOMO ARIGATO, MR ROBOTO. Joshua is a member of WGAE and likes ice-cold tea, cool summer breezes, and hot Brazilian Jiujitsu.More from the author here: joshuatoddjames.substack.com
