Kirjahaku

A mother's wrath is nothing compared to a protection paladin's fury. . .

Life seems to be going well for Charlie. He loves the Naval Academy, Sara and Oz seem happy spending their time studying and working on their own projects, and his only problems seem mundane in nature. But trying to live a normal life has disastrous consequences and he only has himself to blame. Now his wife needs another warrior and he's reminded there are still men out there who want her for their own reasons-- friends and foes alike...

CHARLIE ISN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO'S BEEN HIDING HIS TRUE NATURE Charlie wants to find the man who's kidnapped his sun priest and mage. He assumes whoever has taken them knows about the magic. He prays casting Call-for-Help will save them.Rage is empowering his aura but with no enemy to fight, his rage is holding him back from the search. He's causing a panic wherever he goes.When Oz doesn't portal away from his captors, Charlie assumes his mage has been killed. He prays his wife is alive. He trusts that every effort is being made to find her.But assumptions can be deadly-Prayers are often unanswered-And trust is sometimes misplaced...

Without warning, an alien ship appears above Chicago and dusts the populace with a biological agent. Enormous animals are spotted, people-sized squirrels, and huge cats and dogs. Rumors abound, each more outlandish than the last, but Mia knows there's some truth to them. She's been infected by the contagion and her neighbors are killing the infected. If Mia's found out, the best she can expect is a bullet, but it's more likely to be a lifetime of experimentation. She's certain the government will hold her to discover how she can become a rat. Chicago is under quarantine, and the Army is deadly serious about keeping the locals contained. As the city's infrastructure collapses, civil unrest rises, and Mia is trapped in a city that is hunting aliens and fighting amongst themselves. Fear makes her rat form manifest and she's terrified. Her rat is small and weak and she has a family to worry about. She needs to escape before she's dusted too...