From acclaimed thriller-suspense novelists Heather Graham and Jon Land comes a story of action, mystery, and the endurance of young love in The Rising.

When nine-year-old C.J. Walker touches the arm of his mother's dead friend at her wake service and whispers the wish that she wouldn't be dead, he's just trying to do the right thing.

How did he become filled with evil? You will find all these answers and more in this exciting new series! In The Rising, Marilena Carpathia has only one dream: to be a mother.

This special edition also includes two short stories that expand and explore The Rising mythos - "The Resurrection and the Life" and "The Siqquism who Stole Christmas."

Legion Barzey, a boy growing up on a small Caribbean island, gradually learns of his place in society and decides to find a new life in New York.

The Rising is part two of the Steel series.

Will Hunter's had a rough few months.

In the Whirl of the Rising

Peter Raeder became the Commonwealth's first ace pilot in the war against the secessionist Mollie.