The Ghost of Emery (The Emery Saga Book 2)

Thirteen years have passed in peace. The aliens did not return. From ruin and rubble, humanity struggles to rebuild. The tiny Duchy of Emery has emerged from the chaos, not merely surviving, but thriving in a world redefined.Life is easy and pleasant for Hal Brenton Jr., one of the prominent young citizens of the newly founded nation. Hal’s happy life shatters when a gang of kidnappers raids the Duchy of Emery, stealing several young women, including his childhood sweetheart, Elisa Morton. Hal courageously pursues the raiders into the wilderness. Despite his courage and skill, he is too late. He discovers a charred skeleton and Elisa’s favorite yellow ribbon floating in a pool of her own blood. A week later, the duke summons the grieving young man to a private meeting and offers Hal a mission: “I want you to become the monster that they tell stories about, the horror that keeps wicked men from sleep, and the nervous joke about what happens when you touch Emery’s children.” Hal looked at his hands, his eye catching the yellow ribbon tied around his wrist, and then back at his duke. “I can become that man.” So begins this thrilling tale of righteous wrath writ red. Read more