Cop and Call A Novel When you call for help don't be surprised at who responds An orphan's curse would drag to Hell A spirit from on high; But oh! more horrible than that Is a curse in a dead man's eye! -The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1797 -Samuel Taylor Coleridge What happens when an orphan, and a dead man's curse combine? A student victim of a local street crime, seeks revenge for the loss of her family. Her actions bring back an old, evil persona on a modern city. The evil starts a campaign of revenge and punishment on the city's criminal population. Police department investigators turn to Police Sgt. Thomas Bishop with his Melungeon heritage, to assist in another strange and unusual investigation in the mountain city of Asheville, NC.