Since Cassie's abusers were jailed, child safeguarding policies have improved so that vulnerable children like Cassie should never again fall through the net and become prey.
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In 2016, the largest case of child sexual exploitation ever brought to trial at that time in the UK resulted in the conviction of 17 men. Cassie was lost in a world of appalling degradation for years before a local policeman and caring social worker became instrumental in helping her to escape and rebuild her life. This harrowing and truly shocking story captures in vivid detail how gangs of men were able to ply a child with drink and drugs, then rape her and pass her around their associates with no one seemingly able to step in and prevent it. She fell through the net of the care system and reached out for friendship, only to be consumed by an escalating spiral of abuse. Readers may notice a few loose ends, which set them up for the next two books in the series.Cassie was only thirteen when her mother died of a degenerative illness, leaving her vulnerable to sexual predators in the Halifax area who had been grooming her since the age of eleven. Yet they're also courageous, determined, and loyal - traits that serve them well when they battle inner demons and illusions, real-life monsters, other people, and the structure of society itself. They struggle with fear, shame, and grief from loss of loved ones, betrayal, uncertainty about their place in society. In Rules of Prey we are introduced to a killer named Louis Vullion. The very first book sucked readers into a murder/mystery in a thrilling way and set the bar for the books to come. The two protagonists are easy to root for. John Sandford’s first major hit, Rules of Prey, released in 1989, has since spawned over 20 sequels. Its main characters and secondary characters alike provide examples of individuals and peoples rediscovering their power and reclaiming it. This is not pity talking, this is an acknowledgment of a fact. With Beasts of Prey, the first book of a planned trilogy, debut author Ayana Gray builds a world that mirrors the pan-African reality: ethnic groups divided against other groups by war, and from within by disruptions to their previous relationships to their origin stories, lanugages, and cultural identities and people impacted by generations of oppression, represented here by hereditary indenture. This sweet novel packs an ambitious social commentary. Beasts of Prey is in development as a Netflix feature film. Warriors throw rocks and other projectiles at indentured people who are trying to escape during a fire. The oppressor class uses physical punishment, including caning, toward the people they hold in indenture. People are mauled by non-human creatures. There's some gore, not too much and none of it gratuitious. There's a hint of a budding romance between the two as they confront danger together. The two form an alliance to protect their village from a legendary monster on the loose in their village, Lkossa. After a fire at the zoo, Koffi escapes and Ekon makes a decision that causes him to be removed from his status. She's an indentured servant at the Night Zoo, attending to and handling dangerous beasts. He's a member of the warrior class, on the cusp of being initiated into its elite. In addition, Lucas is now married and a new father, both. His old boss, Rose Marie Roux, has moved up to the state level and taken Lucas with her, creating a special troubleshooter job for him for the cases that are too complicated or politically touchy for others to handle. Ekon and Koffi are two teens on the opposite ends of the social order. In Naked Prey, John Sandford puts Lucas Davenport through some changes. Parents need to know that Beasts of Prey is the first book in a fantasy triology by Ayana Gray.
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