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

down another alley, this one narrow and dark. Above us metal fire


escapes creak in the early morning air, sad sounds like melodies


half remembered from a dream, and I walk hunched over because I’m


convinced they’re going to fall on me. Misreading my posture as


apprehension, Nuri says again, “They’re at the Bridge. What’s there


When we step out of the alley there’s


a thin blonde woman squatting in a doorway nearby, and at her feet


a little girl picks at stunted grass that grows in the cracks of


the sidewalk. I glance at the woman and she snatches the girl up,


folding the child into her arms as if she thinks I’ll steal her


away. Nuri nods at her but the woman’s scowl only deepens, and she


glares at us until we’re out of sight.


cast off furniture and discarded automobiles decaying in a maze of


Chapter 28