Justin March--former investigator of religious groups and supernatural claims for the Republic of United North America, current exile--is given a second chance when military elite Mae Koskinen appears to repatriate him to RUSA. Justin and Mae have been assigned to solve a string of ritualistic murders; but as the investigation proceeds, they realize that their discoveries have exposed them to terrible danger--for powers greater than they can imagine...

To the warrior-monks known as the Redeemers, who rule over massive armies of child slaves, "the last four things" represent the culmination of a faithful life. Death. Judgement. Heaven. Hell. The last four things represent eternal bliss-or endless destruction, permanent chaos, and infinite pain. Perhaps nowhere are the competing ideas of heaven and hell exhibited more clearly than in the dark and tormented soul of Thomas Cale. Betrayed by his beloved...

Thomas Cale, a prisoner in the Sanctuary of the Redeemers since childhood, discovers a plot to wage a holy war and attempts a daring escape; but as the only one able to save the world, the Redeemers cannot afford to let them run loose.

"In a small New England town over half a century ago, a boy is playing with his new toy soldiers in the dirt in front of his house when a shadow falls over him. He looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Jamie learns later, who with his beautiful wife, will transform the church and the town. The men and boys are a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls, with the Reverend Jacobs--including Jamie's sisters and mother. Then tragedy...

In the city of Egunu, Nigeria, fifteen year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a somewhat cloistered life. Their father is a wealthy businessman, they live in a beautiful home, and attend private school. But, through Kambili's eyes, we see that their home life is anything but harmonious. Her father, a fanatically religious man has impossible expectations of his children and his wife, and if things don't go his way he becomes physically abusive....