A cargo ship moored in a fog-shrouded harbor at night

Seven Media presents

JADE

A novel by Mario Cortolezzis

He was paid not to ask.

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Staten Island, 1984. Kirk Mauriello is a longshoreman keeping his head down — until his father Neil, a retired NYPD cop, is pulled back into the world of the JADE squad, and Kirk has to decide how much silence a family can survive.

Inspired by real events

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Portrait of Mario Cortolezzis

Mario Cortolezzis is a producer, screenwriter, and songwriter. For years he lived with ADHD without understanding why writing was the one thing that quieted the noise. JADE, his first novel, is what came out of it — inspired by the real family history of Kirk Mauriello. He writes about fathers and sons, hidden loyalties, and the cost of looking away.

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