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A BIRD OF PREY

Set on the gritty streets, Bird of Prey follows the lives of these eight teenagers whose whose lives intersect as they try and find their way in an unfriendly world. Meet Thacker, the young pimp…Hilda and Tracey, whose cynicism covers deep unhappiness…Corvette, the young pretty boy…Donna, moody and superstitious …Monty, Evan and Marie, newly arrived in the big city.
With little guidance from the adults in their lives (if there are any) the kids form alliances, tease and torment each other and face dangerous choices – sometimes with disastrous results. Shadowing them are the Angels, other youngsters who have disappeared or been found dead. Part Greek chorus/part conscience, the Angels try to steer them away from making the same tragic mistakes they themselves made.

WILDFIRE SEASON
 
Committed political activist Janel Lofton saw the meaning drain out of her life, and the life drain out of her marriage when her son Jordan – a relief worker in a war-torn African country – was murdered by rebel troops. Now it’s three years later and she’s trying to get her life back together, but it’s a path filled with obstacles. Her kitchen renovation stalls out when the builder vanishes halfway through the job. Hannah, her best friend and protègè, keeps trying to pull her back into the movement. And the now-former rebel leader responsible for Jordan’s death is back in the news again.

The arrival of Travis, the replacement contractor, upsets the fragile equilibrium among Janel, Hannah and Hannah’s boyfriend Harte. Affections and loyalties are pulled and scrambled as Janel drifts closer to Travis but away from her friends and her past. Meanwhile as Harte and Hannah try to tackle the world’s problems, they’re feeling the friction at home. As Janel tries to find her way through the tangle of sex, love, politics and the metaphysics of picking the right countertops, those infamous wildfires keep cropping up closer and closer to her California home and the threat of evacuation looms.

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