The Cat Bagger's Apprentice

by C.J. West

Computer hacker, Jordan Voss is caught breaking into a sensitive government database and is arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced all in one day. Sounds like a third world dictatorship, but this is America after reeducation revolutionizes the criminal justice system.Jordan is moved to a special apartment where everything he does is monitored. Every person he meets, including the carpenter who comes to fix his broken door, is a counselor, working to teach Jordan to follow the law and, more importantly, to assess whether he is fit to live in polite society. Jordan received his Ph.D. at fifteen years old, so when his counselors try manipulating him with psychological ploys, they keep winding up one step behind. Jordan takes control and runs amok, exploiting every weakness in his reeducation team, pitting them against one another and causing complete chaos.When the inevitable crackdown comes from above, Jordan’s life is on the line.

286 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 18, 2013

About the author

CJ West writes thrillers set in New England. CJ has just launched his 7th novel, Dinner At Deadman's, a mystery set in the world of antiques and collectibles.


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CJ's first Randy Black Thriller, Sin & Vengeance, was optioned for film.


A Demon Awaits, the second book in CJ's Randy Black series was published in October 2008. The series takes a surprising turn and readers are challenged to think of Randy Black in an entirely new way.

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The latest Randy Black novel, Gretchen Greene, was released March 31, 2010.

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Reviews

[Toni Osborne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Making Time book #2

Mr. West is great at tricking his readers’ imagination by leading us in one direction knowing full well that it was a ruse all along. Mid-way some of us will surely think we have figured out where the story was leading but hold tight you are in for a surprise, at the last moment he always pulls a curve and the results are far from what we may have presumed…..

Since it is a recurring theme that follows “The End of Making Time” although preferable, I really do not think it is a must to read it first. Re-education of the criminal justice system has revolutionized America: where once caught, you are arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced all in one day. In book #2 we have the story of computer hacker, Jordan Voss and what happens to him once he is moved to a special apartment where everything he does is monitored.

Change perspective and you will enjoy this story. The premise has its own merits, is quite original and gripping most of the time. It is one drama that does not reveal itself until the very last chapter, great twist. The best part in this story is how we are pulled into the characters psyche, bad and evil they will make you think….

Of course this book has a weird concept of the justice system but seen through the eyes of an author with great imagination is something to think about although I really do not think it would ever happen….well I hope so.

[Craig Ralston]

this was another great book from CJ. I found that the more I read of his material the less I want to put them down so I can sleep. EVIL genius that he is. He gets you involved into his people and it is hard to put the books down.