What Waits at Home Book Six of The Predatory Spouse Series

By Darius Blackman

Malik Carter returns to Fort Hood trying to rebuild a life the Army keeps interrupting.

After career intermission, depression, family responsibility, and a hard return to uniform, Malik is assigned to HHC 1-9 Cav as a 92Y supply NCO. The mission seems simple at first: rebuild a broken supply room, train young soldiers, prepare the unit for Korea, and prove he still belongs. But Korea becomes more than another rotation. It becomes the place where field problems, nightlife, friendship, leadership, and grief collide.

Across the ocean, Naomi carries the hope of their unborn child. At home in Killeen, Gloria and Grandma Lillian hold the house together with food, family, and Pumper's stubborn loyalty. Then October and December change everything. A stillborn son, a grandmother's final dream, a commander who refuses compassion, and a unit that still needs Malik force him to learn what kind of leader grief can make him.

What Waits at Home is a military family drama about Korea, Fort Hood, fatherhood, loss, promotion, loyalty, and the hard truth that coming home is not the opposite of deployment. It is another mission.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H2R9K58G
• ISBN13: 9798235155626
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Darius Blackman
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"