Part 1: The Invisible Man The thing about being invisible is that you hear everything. You see the things people hide when…
Chapter 1: The Ghost Inspection The California sun was just starting to burn off the marine layer when I rolled up to…
Part 1: The Day the World Broke The Gray Hand of Grief The day Michael was buried began with a sky the color…
PART 1 The first rule of survival is that you never truly stop running; you just change the pace. My hands moved over…
The man stood alone by the gleaming motorcycles, a ghost haunting the edges of a world too loud and too new to notice…
Part 1: The Forge of Resolve The Princess and the Generals At Westridge High, I was known as the ‘Princess’—a reserved, slightly built…
PART 1: THE PAPER SHIELD Heat in Al Qadir Province doesn’t just rise; it presses down. It sits on your chest like…
CHAPTER 1: The Sound of Failure The heat shimmered above the firing line at Camp Pendleton like liquid glass, distorting the air…
The world smelled of pine and ancient dust. It was a scent that had woven itself into the fabric of Earl Mat’s life,…
PART 1 Chapter 1: The Ghost in the Georgia Fog The air at Fort Benning’s Ranger Training Brigade hung heavy, thick enough to…