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,…
Chapter 1: The Rhythm of Silence The afternoon sun in Redemption Springs didn’t just shine; it hammered down on the earth, turning…
The voice sliced through the humid air of the naval pier, a sharp tool meant to carve out immediate compliance. “Sir, I’m going…
PART 1: THE ACCUSATION Chapter 1: The Sound of Steel The applause was polite, measured, the kind of sound that fills a room…
Chapter 1: The Lion’s Den The air in Courtroom 305 smelled like old wood polish, stale coffee, and the heavy, suffocating scent…
CHAPTER 1: THE DISCOVERY The fluorescent lights of the Harbor’s Edge Veterans Hospital hummed with a low, headache-inducing buzz. It was 2:45…
Chapter 1: The Vultures of Route 66 The heat in Arizona doesn’t just burn; it presses down on you, a physical weight…
PART 1: THE INVISIBLE WOMAN Chapter 1: The Dead Man’s Switch The radio crackles with the sound of a man dying. Then, static.…