In the third installment of the Talisman Wars series, Dakota takes his teenage daughter Kenna on dangerous missions in an attempt to prevent the war from spreading. But an encounter with mutated monstrosities reveals a new and powerful enemy whose plans are as secretive as they are terrifying. <br><br>When Dakota goes missing, Kenna must step up and locate him at any cost. She relies on new and old friends to help her, but the responsibility to save him falls directly on her shoulders. Frantic, she travels across the country in search of her dad ... and is willing to kill anyone who gets in the way.<br><br>Can she find him before it's too late?

The Circus Crown

But one thing was clear. When the monster stared at her, he didn’t see a savior. He saw lunch.


Ken froze. Her brain told her hand to pull the trigger, to kill the beast before it devoured her. But she couldn’t move. She couldn’t make her fingers do anything at all. And before she knew it, the deformed canine leaped into the air and slammed Kenna to the floor. Hard. She let out a yelp as her back hit the ridge of the doorway and her gun went flying somewhere outside. The sheer weight of the creature forced the air out of her lungs as its claws ripped into her clothes and the flesh of her arm and shoulder.


Crying out in pain, Ken could think of only one solution that would save her life. Not the protective talisman that could stop the onslaught, which was turned off, nor the knife attached to her belt. “Na’fenn eta ma!” she screamed at the creature, as a bright red and orange crystal lit up on her chest.


Chapter 42