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

The “hand” could hardly be identified as such. Two fingers were more than a foot long and fused together, and they ended in a curved talon made of a thick, brownish yellow nail. While the other fingers and thumb took the form of something more human, they, too, were extremely oversized.


All and all, the grotesque arm must have weighed at least forty or fifty pounds.


But Kenna couldn’t afford to focus on it for long as the circle of light finally moved to the creature’s head. One working eye, oversized and bloodshot. A nose that looked like it collapsed in on itself. Hardly a slit for a mouth as far as she could see at this distance. An army haircut with splotches missing. But the left side of his face bore the most terrifying attribute: a nearly empty eye socket.


Chapter 78