The Second Son

Joshua Macintyre, brilliant genetic engineer and reluctant magician, is about to receive a chance at redemption. He has spent years trying to find a way for his wife, Vivienne, and him to escape their inevitable, bloody end as Gates — superhuman soldiers, doomed to kill and die on the battlefield.

When a deal with the world’s largest death dealer leads to a way out, Joshua finds himself head of Gate production for the German army — exchanging the lives of hundreds in place of his own, trading their blood for his. With the body count rising seemingly without end, it is Vivienne’s unlikely pregnancy that offers him a chance to redeem himself.

But every deal with the devil has a price, and a rare, second-generation Gate is in high demand. With Vivienne’s body slowly destroying their child, and a death contract waiting for its first breath, how far will Joshua go to protect his family when the only choice left is the unthinkable?