PART 1 The smell of chaos is a unique cocktail. It’s the metallic tang of blood, the sharp sting of antiseptic, and the…

PART 1: The Silence Before the Roar The voice on the other end of the line was a flat, sterile thing, scraped clean…

PART 1   Chapter 1: The Tuesday Ritual   The sun was barely up when Frank Matthews adjusted his old blue Navy cap…

PART 1 Chapter 1: The Silence of the Faded Uniform The silence in the Ridge View High School auditorium was a heavy, suffocating…

Part 1: The Debt is Called In Chapter 1: The Coffee That Rattled   Tom Miller’s hands were still shaking. It had been…

Part 1   Chapter 1: The Weight of $3.72   The air in that grocery store felt thin, stale with the smell of…

PART 1: THE TINKLE OF FATE   Chapter 1: Iron & Oil (The Anomaly)   The air in Mike’s Iron & Oil was…

Part 1: The Weight of Solitude   Chapter 1: The Descent into the Jaws   The silence in the small apartment was not…

PART 1: The Gauntlet Thrown CHAPTER 1: The Crucible of Fort Benning The Georgia sun, a merciless furnace in the late summer sky,…

Part 1   Chapter 1: The Cutting Edge of Arrogance   The air in The Rusty Anchor was thick, heavy, and smelled like…