
Colonel Nick Tanner set out months ago in search of the Umani, possibly Earth's only hope for salvation. Finding them brought revelations he struggles to accept, and now he's on his way home. Earth isn't the same. Not by a long shot. Lies beget more lies in his absence, until...

The enemy no longer hides behind a benefactor's mask. War is here. There is no choice but to fight because the alternative would be the end of mankind. Michael Tanner was rescued from a tortured life by a father he'd only heard of as a form of abuse by the monster who birthed...

Michael Tanner has struggled to find his place in his new world. He questions his past, his existence, and the man he is destined to be. Jacqueline challenges Michael. She moves him. She confuses him. She wants to understand the shadows in his eyes... and...