Dr. Greg Schorn works for the Department of Extraterrestrial and Alien Defense (D.E.AD.). No one is more surprised than him. After the events in Norway, Greg was sure he would never go back into government work. Yet just a few short months later, he is back in the United States working at the new D.E.A.D. headquarters in upstate New York. But it's not the same D.EA.D. that existed under Martin Drummond's tyrannical rule. The biggest change starts at the top: Norah Tidwell is the director. But more importantly, missions are not always kill on sight. That doesn't mean things aren't dire. The numbers aren't adding up. And a slew of cases demonstrate that the creatures from Area 51 have made it into the suburbs, the very rich suburbs. Greg though, knows they had a little help getting there. One case leads to many and before Greg knows it, the guy voted most likely trip over his own feet is fighting for his life. Greg will need every ounce of courage he can summon to survive. But his surviv
