đď¸ PART 1: The Silence Before the Storm Chapter 1: The Wrong Place for the Wrong Men The air in Marquee…
Chapter 1: The Silence of the Solitary Grave The rain had stopped only moments ago, a sudden, merciful pause in the relentless…
Chapter 1: The White Silence The snow was falling so thick that evening that the street lights seemed to glow with halos…
Chapter 1: The Thunder at St. Mary’s The automatic glass doors of St. Mary’s Hospital, in the relentless heart of an Arizona…
Chapter 1: The Code of the Road The air at 2:17 a.m. tasted like burnt rubber, stale coffee, and the metallic chill…
Chapter 1: The Phantom and the Trailer Park I am Arthur Vance. I build skyscrapers. I design the future, deal in steel,…
Chapter 1: The War Room The silence inside the Pentagon briefing room is heavy. It is a manufactured silence, pressurized by soundproof walls…
Chapter 1: The Wolves in the Yard The sun had barely cracked the horizon over Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, but the heat was…
Chapter 1: The Sound of Breaking The sound wasn’t a cry. It wasn’t a whimper. It was a rip in the fabric of…
Chapter 1: The Ghost in the Machine The coffee at Camp Lejeune hadnât changed in twenty years. It still tasted like burnt rubber…