{"product_id":"debt-ward-book-6-in-the-ledger-city-series","title":"Debt Ward Book 6 in the Ledger City Series","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"17982\" data-end=\"18049\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"17982\" data-end=\"18049\"\u003eThe hospital called it care.\u003cbr data-start=\"18012\" data-end=\"18015\"\u003eThe paperwork called him a ward.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"18051\" data-end=\"18193\"\u003eIn \u003cstrong data-start=\"18054\" data-end=\"18069\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"18056\" data-end=\"18067\"\u003eDebt Ward\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, Darius Blackman brings Ledger City into the medical, legal, and financial machinery that turns vulnerability into control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"18195\" data-end=\"18588\"\u003eClarence Carver arrives at St. Adelard Medical Center as a patient. But after midnight, inside ordinary rooms filled with official language and quiet pressure, his status begins to change. A billing hold becomes an emergency guardianship review. A family member is asked to wait outside. A consent tablet records more than anyone can explain. A signature appears before the daughter is called.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"18590\" data-end=\"18678\"\u003eBy the time the elevator doors close, Clarence is no longer being treated like a person.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"18680\" data-end=\"18712\"\u003eHe is being processed as a ward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"18714\" data-end=\"18951\"\u003eJavon Mercer and Selah Cade begin following the paper trail through medical billing, guardianship authority, probate pressure, debt buying, charity wings, capacity hearings, family deferral, and the quiet conversion of care into custody.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"18953\" data-end=\"19161\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"18953\" data-end=\"18968\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"18955\" data-end=\"18966\"\u003eDebt Ward\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a civic and medical suspense novel about elder vulnerability, medical debt, emergency guardianship, family rights, institutional language, and the brutal question at the center of the case:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"19163\" data-end=\"19217\"\u003eWho profits when care becomes custody by another name?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darius Blackman Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44167146930212,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/9986\/5124\/files\/DebtWardCover.jpg?v=1778347608","url":"https:\/\/dariusblackmanpublishing.com\/products\/debt-ward-book-6-in-the-ledger-city-series","provider":"Darius Blackman Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}