title: A Safe Place: a half dead novella (Volume 1)
author:  E M Lacey 
description: E. M. Lacey is a Chicago based author of paranormal, horror, and fantasy. She has been writing since the age of ten. Although she has many interests, writing has been her passion. Being exposed to authors like Tananarive Due, L.A. Banks, Octavia E. Butler, and cutting her teeth on horror greats Stephen King and Dean Koontz fueled her love of horror and all things paranormal. Ms. Laceys writing has been described as delicious, out-of-the-box, and fun. Ms. Lacey hails from Homestead, Florida but resides in Chicago, Illinois. She is working on her next piece.
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  # Left for Dead
  
  
  ## A Maeve Kerrigan Novella
  
  
  ### Jane Casey
  
  
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  # Table of Contents
  
  
  [Cover](kindle:embed:0002?mime=image/jpg)
  
  
  [Title Page](part0000.html)
  
  
  [Copyright Notice](part0001.html)
  
  
  [1](part0003.html)
  
  
  [2](part0004.html)
  
  
  [3](part0005.html)
  
  
  [4](part0006.html)
  
  
  [5](part0007.html)
  
  
  [6](part0008.html)
  
  
  [7](part0009.html)
  
  
  [Excerpt from _The Burning_](part0010.html)
  
  
  [Also by Jane Casey](part0011.html)
  
  
  [About the Author](part0012.html)
  
  
  [Copyright](part0013.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # 1
  
  
  I sat in the front row of the briefing room, trying – 