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

Underneath blood, swelling, and dirt, lay a man covered in injuries. Alive and breathing, but just barely conscious. She didn’t recognize him. He wore no shirt or shoes, and he’d curled himself up in a ball like a frightened child. As she surveyed the wounds and dire state of the man, who smelled of every bodily function imaginable, Ken noticed a small weapon in his hand. A makeshift dagger that looked to be a shard of a ceramic plate with dirty cloth wrapped around the base so as not to cut the user. White marks on the wall behind him revealed an attempt to sharpen the blade. He shivered but otherwise didn’t seem to know they were there.


First things first. Remove the threat. Keeping the gun trained on him, Ken crouched down and took hold of the knife. But the arm suddenly animated and turned over so that she couldn’t pry his fingers off. He moaned once more.


Chapter 80