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    The Study
    The Study
    The Study
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    The Study

    By D. A. Bale

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    Katie is desperate.

    A dead-end job disappears. Unemployment payouts soon to cease, Katie is overcome by anger at life’s circumstances. Nothing and no one to fall back on in tough times.

    Until the offer.

    They’ll pay her ten thousand. It’ll be like a vacation for thirty days. No complications. No worries.

    So Katie agrees.

    But things are not as promised. The vacation soon becomes a veritable imprisonment. Too late she realizes they’ll only release her if she succumbs.

    Katie’s life forever changes when she agrees to join...

    ...The Study

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherD. A. Bale
    Release dateJun 10, 2012
    ISBN9781476242101
    The Study
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    D. A. Bale

    Sometimes life emulates fiction.Life is filled with tragedy and Ms. Bale's writing reflects this reality. However, there is always a silver lining...even if one must spend their entire life searching for it.In her previous career, Ms. Bale traveled the United States as a Government Relations Liaison, working closely with Congressional offices and various government agencies. This experience afforded her a glimpse into the sometimes "not so pretty" reality of the political sphere. Much of this reality and various locations throughout her travels make it into her writing.She dreams of the day she can return to visit Alaska.

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