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Jason Royals wouldn't miss church for love or money. Now love and money? That was a different story. He downplayed the ""love"" part when he asked his mother's permission to meet a friend with the inside track on a summer job. But it was a budding romance that put pep in his step on his way to Wellstein's Pharmacy one bright spring morning. Young, smart and ambitious, Jason had every advantage in life but one. It was that one that made all the difference. Sprinting to beat a traffic light, he caught the attention of a police officer en route to a nearby murder scene. Running while Black and wearing tan pants, Jason fit the description. Told, in part, from the perspective of veteran homicide detective John Marshall, Seen is the story of two men struggling to define their lives in a world all too eager to write their roles.

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Engaging and compelling. Seen forces one to rethink the traditional lines between cops, robbers, victims, and witnesses. -- Damon Jameson, retired Jacksonville Sheriff's Officer Reading the story of Jason's experience brought tears to my eyes. The story's sincerity and authenticity compel the reader to be empathetic. -- Devin D. Coleman, author of Prisoner to Poet & Turning the Curve Julie Delegal's novel doubles as a successful and beautiful experiment in empathy. Soon enough you forget the frame. Then the characters and their plight come to life. So much so in fact that Jason Royals becomes the reader's own child. While you fear for Jason suffer with Jason come to know and love Jason it's hope that pulls you from page to page. Hope is the visual terminus that guides you forward and it's hope that makes this novel impossible to put down. You can't abandon Jason in his struggle. You can't not want to see him through. -- Tim Gilmore, author of Stalking Ottis Toole: A Southern Gothic, and Repossession: Mass Shooting in Baymeadows

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Julie G. Delegal is a freelance journalist and author living in Jacksonville, Florida. Through her writing in Folio Weekly, Jacksonville Magazine, Florida Politics Online and other media, Julie has developed a reputation as an advocate for education and social justice. She is also ""editor emeritus"" at Delegal & Poindexter, P.A., for which she has written and edited for more than 25 years. She is the mother of three adult children.

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