Five Stars out of five "Toppings sets and maintains an edge-of-the seat pace in the tradition of movie director J.J. Abrams and the thriller author James Patterson with prose that is sparse and succinct." -ForeWord Clarion Reviews Hawker and his band of Inquisitors are back In this sequel to the highly acclaimed novel, "The Rising," they embark on new missions and adventures. From the first pages where an unscrupulous New Orleans banker is murdered by a zombie to the exciting conclusion, the reader will travel with the inquisitors as they race across the country fighting evil. Sergeant First Class Clay Hawker, U.S. Army Special Forces and his team of elite military warriors are the investigators and enforcers for the Holy Order of the Inquisition. In its 21st century incarnation, the Order fights vampires, demons and other evil that governments are not equipped to deal with. When malevolent creatures go bump in the night, Hawker and his team of Inquisitors don't just go bump back. They hit back with everything they've got. Now they have encountered the Iscariot Brotherhood, a religious sect whose goal is nothing less than the end of the world. The Brotherhood, building on the work of Dr. Joseph Mengele, Auschwitz's infamous Angel of Death, has developed the Mengele Plague, a drug that destroys the will of whole populations. Racing against time, the Inquisitors must stop the Brotherhood. Along the way they will have to fight vampires and help old friends who just happen to be werewolves. They will also discover Chastity, a fifteen year old girl that will make the Holy Order of the Inquisition rethink everything they thought they knew about vampires