Gabe Granger gathers intelligence for George Washington, even after he’s bitten by a vampyre in the service of the British. Remember Littlebury, his longtime friend, stays with him as his black swan, keeping him safe from sunlight and getting messages to General Washington.<br><br>After the war ends, they continue working for the fledgling government through one conflict after another. When Gabe loses Remember at the Battle of Gettysburg, he’s ready to give up, but his country still needs his services. And there are many black swans for him to choose from. None are any more fortunate than Remember, and one by one they’re killed in various wars.<br><br>All Noah Poynter wants is to be a black swan, and he’s devastated when his pop tells him he’s just a normal. In spite of everything, Gabe and Noah become friends. Is there any hope for the two of them?

The Black Swan

And once again, Gabe had to return to Braddockville to bury his black swan and the man his black swan loved.


Mother Morwen had a replacement ready for him.


He was afraid to ask if that was his newest black swan’s destiny, not that it mattered. This time Gabe swore he would keep his distance from the young man—who turned out to be a young woman.


She didn’t survive the First World War.


Her replacement, another woman, was killed while they worked with the French resistance obtaining intelligence during World War II.


By the time the war in Vietnam was over and he’d returned to the States with another wooden box, he’d had enough. He resigned his position in the government—they dismissed what he was, preferring to believe the intelligence the CIA gathered was more valid—and he took up travel. Alone.


Chapter 17