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Bill Carr has seen life's dead ends and detours—from his boyhood on the South Side of Chicago, to the jungles of Vietnam, to his years at the helm of the technology consulting firm he founded. In this collection of essays, Bill reflects on his lifetime of experiences, sharing stories that are poignant, humorous, and insightful. Through it all, he relied on the strength of family and the relationships that carried him forward. Bill explores a wide variety of themes: resilience, gratitude, forgiveness, leadership, the pursuit of peace. He has no easy answers or pat solutions.

Mary DeMure has escaped the lab who turned her into a monster with a touch that kills and is determined to find a cure. When she crashes a stolen car into a frigid lake, Mary is rescued from Death by a man with a gift of his own. Ex-Army Ranger, Ryan Mender, has recently learned he has healing hands when raises his son from the dead, but his encounter with Mary transforms his gift into something sinister.

Children with learning disabilities and conditions, such fetal alcohol syndrome, require healthy, nurturing homes and environments with a strong understanding of the special needs of such children. They need a network of understanding care givers in school and throughout life to help accommodate their limitations. Winston Hinkle had none of these, and the worst of everything, until a Man in White takes him under his wing and gives him a glimpse of what he will become in the coming Age of Ethereal.

From foot patrols, deadly enemy engagements, and sinister insider attacks to meals and conversations with the men of the Afghan Border Police, Izant's account confronts the gauntlet of violence and anguish that transformed a generation of American and Afghan warriors from idealist volunteers for a just war to disillusioned veterans of a lost cause.

Admiral Robert O’Hara once commanded the Lunar Free State’s fleet, but he’s finding that leading the nation as Chief Executive requires different skills, as well as an entirely different mindset. The confrontation between the LFS and the Confederated Nations of Earth continues, but now it includes a race to build colonies on Xanadu, a competition that has strained Luna’s financial resources to the limit.

The Association has finally become aware of Eli's presence in the sequestered world of Lurra, with one of his recently resurrected enemies tasked by Lady Peja to hunt him down. At the same time, the Remnant's invasion of the Pantheon Alliance continues while the temple families and others in Galdish scheme to send Eli beyond life's veil to answer for his blasphemous crimes.

Eli continues his adventures in Lurra, lost once again after Fluxi's gateway dropped him in the middle of some unknown settlement, far from his friends. At the same time, the Association has begun to step out from the shadows, revealing their horrifying intentions for this world as they manipulate the Remnant's forces into launching a fresh invasion on the Pantheon Alliance.

Nathan Miller is haunted by loss and obsessed with a vision of Death who passed him for someone else. A nightmare that follows inspires an essay about an interview the Grim Reaper who appears as a Man in Black. Years pass and Nathan is living the dream. He is a war correspondent and a bestselling author at the pinnacle of success with the perfect wife and family. And thanks to the Man in Black, he's indestructible (or so it seems). But Nathan's world is built on lies and regret.

Detective Doug Thorfinnson refuses to give up his search for missing Mary DeMure, refusing to believe she is dead. When news reaches Seattle of the massacre in Packer City and DeMure’s involvement, Thorfinnson accompanies former Mears County Deputy Bob Roberts back to his former home. But what Thorfinnson finds isn’t DeMure or her alleged partner in crime, Ryan Mender, but a trail of murders that challenge everything he believes.

Eli’s had a rough month, waking up in some strange world only to face cultists, bandits, and a 3-meter-tall demon. Now, he finds himself in a mysterious contest against other non-human practitioners in a fight to the death. To make matters worse, some psycho back on Lurra is setting himself up as a claimant to an extinct empire bent on enslaving the world with his monstrous powers.