Böcker av Keith McIntosh

Emmett Brooks is a mute cattle farmer at the end of his rope, and he's fine with that. After more than a decade of bad luck, he's resigned himself to hiding himself away at his family's languishing farm in rural Manitoba. His brother died in prison, his mother from cancer, and his father was wasting away in a nursing home he couldn't afford. After his worst day in recent memory, Emmett was visited by a stern social worker from another province. Her message is simple: "Your brother's daughter needs your help." Isabelle Lamoine hides away in the small room of her second foster home. She was happy once, for a short while. Since her mother died last year, she has felt only loneliness and isolation. A misfit child that the world has forgotten about. When her case worker whisks her away to Manitoba to live with an estranged uncle from another province, Isabelle can only pray it's for a better life than the one she just left behind. Brooke Talbot wasn't looking for anything when she moved back in with her parents, quite the opposite. After a tragic miscarriage left her marriage in utter ruin, Brooke returned home to disappear. That all changed when a boy from her past walked back into her life.Follow these three broken people as they find the strength in each other to pursue "the good life", and witness as a dark figure from Isabelle's past tests the limits of their new bond in an intense showdown that will change them all forever.

Lucien Malum is a junior executive for the Research and Development section of The Corporation's megastructure, that was safely nestled inside Olympus Mons on Mars. He has been slowly climbing the corporate ladder for well over a century. Since becoming the Assistant-Director of the Special Projects division, Lucien has been secretly searching for a very special piece of ancient technology. A hyper-advanced fighter craft.He's not the only one looking for it.The Council, a group of centuries-old superhumans who have guided human expansion since humanity were forced into the stars. They are also looking for the craft, as well as the remains of their fallen comrade.When the craft is discovered on Jupiter's ice moon Europa, the resulting covert struggle for control over the ship and what remains of its pilot will change one man's life forever.

In La Veta, Colorado, Kenshiro found more than he bargained for. He found a friend. Not that he was looking for one, or even wanted one. But now, because of a dead woman's note, Kenshiro has accepted the responsibility of keeping Elliott safe and whole. Now comes the hard part, actually doing it. After a devastating encounter with the undead that leaves the pair wounded, exhausted, and broken, Kenshiro begins to question his ability to keep the boy safe. Soon, the pair are forced to face the hard realities of the new world, and are forced back onto the forgotten roads of an undead America. Where they will face their ultimate test.Meanwhile, in New York, Elle is haunted by the scars, both physical and mental, from the La Guardia mission. While recovering, she concocts a covert plan to establish a viable food source for the residents of The Prescott, and in doing so, discovers a disturbing truth.Some of their protectors are not who they seem.