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

side of those tires and if I can just reach him, if I can just


touch him one more time, I’ll have him back again. Without waiting


low hiss in the still air. “Jace! Get your ass back


scrape along hot rubber as I throw the tires aside, trying to dig a


hole, someplace I can get through, somewhere I can see—


me, and I whirl to find Nuri rolling his eyes at me. “This way,” he


opening in the piles of rubbish. It’s just a tiny spot along the


ground where the tires don’t quite meet, but it’s a way in. “Jesus,


you’re a thick one,” he mutters. “You want them to hear you? You


want them to know we’re out here? Jesus Christ.”


press against the fence, my fingers curling into the links in the


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