The year is 2004. Dust hangs thick in the Ramadi air, clinging to everything like a shroud. A lone Humvee rumbles down a deserted street, its occupants ghosts in the making. Inside, a tense silence is broken only by the crackle of the radio. Sergeant Laerrus, eyes narrowed behind his wraparounds, barks orders to the … Read more
The sodium glare of Marseille bleeds across rain-slicked streets. A high-octane chase erupts, engines screaming as Lino, a ghost in the machine of the French underworld, pushes his souped-up ride to its limit. He’s after Areski, the venomous kingpin who slithered out of justice’s grasp, leaving bodies in his wake. Back at the precinct, Julia, … Read more
Rain lashes against the neon-streaked windows of a dilapidated high-rise as sirens wail in the distance. This is the city’s underbelly, where fortunes are made and lives are lost in the blink of an eye. A botched drug heist has sent shockwaves through the criminal network, and the only person standing between complete chaos and … Read more
Dust devils dance across the parched New Mexico landscape as Harland Rust, a name whispered in fearful tones, surveys the grim prison. Inside, his grandson Lucas awaits a hangman’s noose for a deed gone wrong. A crack of thunder mirrors the explosion that tears the prison walls asunder, Rust’s violent rescue begins. But freedom is … Read more
The sleek, silver bullet train, Nozomi 302, hurtles towards Tokyo, a beacon of modern efficiency sliced through the Japanese countryside. Inside, unsuspecting passengers chat, oblivious to the insidious countdown ticking beneath the floorboards. Kazuya Takaichi, a hardened bomb disposal expert, receives a cryptic message, his face paling as he realizes the impossible: a pressure-sensitive bomb … Read more
Dust devils danced across the parched plains of Redemption, Arizona, as the sun bled across the horizon, painting the sky in fiery hues. Sheriff John Dorsey, a man etched with worry lines deeper than the canyons, watched as U.S. Marshall Butch Hayden swaggered into town, a storm cloud of authority in his wake. Their target: … Read more
The rusted gates of Havenwood creak open, a symphony of decay welcoming Smoke and Stack back to the town they swore they’d left behind. Years etched on their faces, mirror images haunted by a past they can’t outrun. The air hangs thick with the scent of honeysuckle and something else, something rotten. Annie, the town’s … Read more
The city bleeds neon beneath a bruised twilight sky. Nathan Caine, a man strangely immune to pain, leads an unremarkable existence, until Sherry, the girl who painted color onto his monochrome world, vanishes. One minute she’s there, a flash of vibrant red lipstick and a shared nervous laugh; the next, just an echoing silence. As … Read more
Dust motes dance in the single shaft of sunlight piercing the cavernous basilica as whispers echo off the ancient stones. The Pope is dead, and within the Vatican walls, the sacred ritual of the Conclave begins. Cardinal Lawrence, burdened by duty and a gnawing sense of unease, observes the assembly of the Church’s most powerful … Read more
The parched wind howled through the skeletal trees of the Lost Lands, a place where maps held no truth and legends walked. Queen Mara, desperate to save her kingdom from a creeping blight, summoned Gray Alys, a sorceress whispered to command forces beyond mortal comprehension. Alys, with eyes like chips of obsidian, accepted the perilous … Read more