In a not too distant future, the island of Manhattan has been commandeered by rebels aided by terrorists who have set themselves against the U.S. government. The Brooklyn Bridge, now fallen into disuse, stands as a sort of "no-man's land" between the island and the military that patrol the Hudson River. When the rebels bomb the Bridge, the nation is plunged into what might become a second Civil War.<br><br>Captain Jace Rickert is a grounded pilot whose Army lover, Second Lieutenant Tomas Tait, is sent on a routine reconnaissance mission. When Tait disappears and the military can’t stop the impending war to find one missing soldier, Rickert takes matters into his own hands.

War Torn

quarters as planned, head down and chin tucked into my collar,


watching the sidewalk move away beneath my feet until I feel a


little woozy and the concrete threatens to loom up and smack me in


I haven’t been the same since that day


we ran maneuvers eighteen months ago and my plane took a nose dive.


In haunting nightmares for weeks afterward, I still struggled with


the seat release, trying to get the hatch open, trying to


lights and screaming controls, the ground spinning up on me way too


fast, the throttle jerking in my hand until it was just easier to


let go. Tomas was the only thing that kept me from giving in when


my plane seemed desperate to kill me. Even now I have to close my


eyes against the memory—I feel the world start to shake apart, I


hear the klaxon warnings blare in my ears, and it’s all I can do to


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