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The Night Worker
Gritty protective-services novels shaped by years inside systems of care, risk, and accountability.
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Three closed files. One locked door. Meet Those Who Refuse to See. 
The Night WorkerThose Who Refuse to See — Volumes One & Two.
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Those Who Refuse to See
The Night Worker 3 · Volume One
Three reports. Three closed files. One locked door.
Eight-year-old Micah Bellamy is behind a locked door. The county has already received three reports—and closed every one. Now a frightened neighbor calls J.C. Borum. He is determined to see the child for himself.
By Craig S. Thurmond, MSW, drawing on his years in child and adult protective services.
The Night Worker 2 · A story in two volumes
Sins of the Father
Family loyalty. Institutional power. The price of refusing a convenient story.
J.C. Borum follows a troubling protective-services case into family history, county politics, and the dangerous gap between what people know and what they will admit. Inspired by the author's years in child and adult protective services.
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Judgment. Trauma. Power. Consequence.
J.C. Borum works where family loyalty, institutional pressure, and human vulnerability collide. The Night Worker series brings readers inside child and adult protective services without pretending the answers are simple.
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The Night Worker
The Weight of Small Things
Step into J.C. Borum's world in Craig S. Thurmond's protective-services novel.
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Three bodies of work. One commitment to truth.
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Memory against erasure
Books about race, conscience, institutional power, cultural memory, and durable Black life.
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Identity-affirming support
Coordinated therapist, caregiver, and child-facing materials for African American children ages 5–9.
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Books built to be discussed, remembered, and used.
The Underground Stream profiles white Americans who broke ranks with the racial order. The Stack turns moral clarity into nine commitments for a durable Black life.
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The Underground Stream
Volumes One & Two
Black Americans led the freedom struggle. These two volumes examine white Americans who broke ranks with white supremacy—and what their choices cost.
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