Unforgiven

By Casey Mason

Fed up with the failure of the criminal justice system, Americans want to put a crimp on the increasing rate of recidivism. They demand a solution to the problem of violent criminals on the lam and have called for the Constitution to be rewritten. The answer is the radical and controversial formation of WANT bureaus. These highly trained and clandestine officers are federally sanctioned to bring in or put down the most vile, psychotic, and irredeemable criminals ever to avoid arrest. But one WANT officer in particular discovers that nothing comes without a price.  303 pages.

ISBN: 978-9798372-2-7

LCCN: 2007939338

AN UNCONTROLLABLE RISE IN VIOLENT CRIMES PROMPTS THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT TO TAKE DRASTIC ACTIONS

It’s unforgivable how a sense of a diffidence, sympathy, and denial has allowed the most heinous criminals ever to proliferate in what we proudly extol to be the greatest country on earth. Daily headlines never lack for subject matter with shock value. Court dockets are booked solid with repeat offenders. Jails are overcrowded with the worst criminals who have finally reached society’s limit of tolerance. Public pressure on the federal government has instituted new criminal justice measures to combat the problem so the public can sleep safey at night.

Local law enforcement agencies are sanctioned to create WANT bureaus for the purpose of pursuing, apprehending, and putting down the most violent and vile criminals who refuse to comply with justice. These officers are highly trained and committed to do what the majority of society would rather not admit is necessary to put their world back in order.

Angel Soren is one such WANT officer, a rare woman in a mostly male-dominated unit. She has the wherewithal to chamber a round, sight down a rifle, and pull the trigger on an unsuspecting criminal on the lam—if that’s what’s written in the judicial order of execution. Her ideology of crime and punishment is entrenched in the reality of seeing the suffering of victims day in and day out, and knowing that the old ways of bringing about justice aren’t working anymore.

This is gritty, hard-hitting fiction, written by new and upcoming author, Casey Mason. In a voice spoken by the main character, the story revolves not around the mindless and repetitive executions of one criminal after another, but the ramifications of one execution that leaves Angel Soren grappling with her own guilt. This work will have readers recognizing their hidden acknowledgement that something has to be done to stop a runaway train already derailed from civilization, and that the way of rectifying society might not be something they’re willing to admit is necessary.

Whether readers pick up this book with a predisposition against capital punishment or an open mind, they are sure to have their beliefs taken on a roller coaster ride through betwixt and between. In the end, they may find themselves of a mindset they never thought themselves capable of and not wanting to disclose in public.