“All of my kids and my only grandchild are either in or headed towards a war zone. There is no way that Robert is going to keep me from going. After all, he knows there are too many trained killers in my family.”

 

-       Kelly Cassidy, Major, Colonial Security, former NYC police captain and senior weapons trainer, US

 

A demon wolf nearly killed me so I have to stay behind when everyone else leaves. By the time we fly out of here to make our rendezvous I’ll have missed the first 400 miles of walking. I guess I can live with that.

 

-       Venus Bennett, age 19, squad 6 leader, Jacks Company, Chile

 

The new Rift commander has her sights set on taking Winter Haven and the rest of the remaining human settlements. The Asia has returned and brought news of the alien invasion of the New Hope Colony back to Earth five months after the war began. Commander Cassidy has to decide if Jacks Company should head for Winter Haven as planned or for the much farther away Winter Cove.