CHAPTER 1 The rain in Hartford didn’t wash things clean; it just made the grime slicker. Damian Wells sat in his 2008 Honda…
ow breath, tasting the salt breeze. It carried the scent of jet fuel—a smell that used to trigger a rush of adrenaline in…
Chapter 1: The Forbidden Laptop I was twenty years old, dumb as a box of rocks, and completely addicted to the dopamine hit…
CHAPTER 1: THE SILENT ESTATE The year was 1864, and the American South was burning. General Sherman was carving a path of destruction…
PART 1: THE SANCTUARY IS TESTED Chapter 1: The Stillness Before the Thunder The Rusty Spoke sat just off the old stretch of…
PART 1: The Storm and the St. Christopher Code Chapter 1: The Fortress Crumbles The 6:15 a.m. bus was a metal tomb of…
PART 1: The Silence That Kills Chapter 1: The Bench in Zilker Park The late autumn sun hung low over Zilker Park…
They thought I was just a tired old man in faded jeans, but the second I stepped onto the mat, the air in…
Part 1: The Cost of Entry Chapter 1: The Weight of Underestimation The black belt laughed, a short, sharp burst of…