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

He gives me a crooked grin. “Damn. Get


I don’t know exactly how I’m going to


do that yet. I hold his hand, his fingers curled around mine, and


sit down on the ground, my back to the fence. He sits down on the


other side, his back against mine, and lets me think. How long the


guards will be out of sight, I don’t know. If only I could think of


some way to cut through the fence and get to them. I don’t know how


big armory to scare the guards with, nothing to threaten them into


giving back what’s mine. Nothing to barter with, either: the


diamonds are gone, and I’m sure they don’t want anything else from


my knapsack. I consider doing what I told Nuri I’d do, just walk up


to the front gate and demand my boy back—maybe it’ll surprise them,


they’ll have a good laugh and say sure, take him, just


because they like my spunk. But somehow I doubt it.


Chapter 31