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About The Beast in the Bone (Ash Keller)

"If Quentin Tarantino made a movie about a paramedic, it would look like The Beast in the Bone." Ash Keller is a paramedic... and a fentanyl addict. It’s a deadly balancing act, but most days the narcotics keep the worst of the post-traumatic stress away. The visions of blood, dead babies and shotgun suicides. Keller thinks she has it all under control until a midnight ambulance run on a lonely, isolated road brings her and her partner into the path of a dying girl and a sophisticated child-trafficking ring. Beaten unconscious, Keller wakes tied to a chair in the bloody basement dungeon of a murderer and rapist. Game over, right? Maybe not. Not for a woman raised by a homicide cop who’s seen for herself what happens to people who don’t fight back. By dawn Keller is infamous, her life in tatters. But she can’t stop digging into the events of that fateful night, and it quickly becomes apparent that night isn’t done with her, either. Her actions have attracted the attention of powerful people who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets safe. And as every paramedic knows, things can always get worse. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. A keening sound was audible now over the diesel growl of the idling ambulance, and she realized fear and adrenalin were colliding in her body and the noise was her, screaming. Call it in. Call it in. Call it in. Her bloodied hands were shaking but she managed to get a grip on her radio. She tried to still her trembling fingers long enough to press the orange button on the unit, the I’m in fucking trouble button that would summon immediate help. But another lightning explosion of agony in the back of her head threw her to her knees again, fumbling at consciousness as it slid like oil through her fingers. The flashing lights and the ambulance and even the scent of blood all receded into a long grey tunnel. She rolled onto her back, staring up into the encroaching darkness. The shadowy figure was back, pale face staring down at her, blurred and indistinct. Just before she passed out, she imagined sirens in the distance. Wailing ghosts, eager to welcome newcomers to their ranks. Then the light faded and the night opened up and welcomed her into its black womb. About the Author. Blair Lindsay Advanced Care Paramedic, BHSc, MA is the Simulation Educator at the School of Health and Public Safety at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Prior to his career in teaching, Blair spent twenty years working as a Firefighter/Paramedic with the City of Airdrie. He has spoken internationally regarding Patient Simulation, Human Factors Science and Communication in Crisis and is the author of several articles on issues in Prehospital Care as well as several other horror-science fiction novels available on Amazon.

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