As far as the student-run Eyewitness News is concerned, J.J. is a journalist. And if he wants to cover the Black Lives Matter protests, EWN needs him there. He'll be a big name someday, the editors say.

J.J.'s father is a Portland police officer, however, and he's demanding J.J. quit EWN, and quit covering the protests. Or leave home and lose his family.

And J.J. must choose: his family or his future.

Sometimes there are no good choices. And J.J. must choose.

This is book 1 in a new-adult suspense series, Newsroom PDX.

Some sex. Bad language. Lots of politics. It's Portland.

TW: attempted suicide.