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When Darkness Builds Analysis
They called him a hero. All Jon ever wanted was to make it home.

They called her crazy. All Emma ever wanted was to warn them.

After the war, everything changed.

It's been nine years since Captain Jonathan Grant walked away from everything he knew, everything he was ever told he was supposed to be. Sheltered with his family in their small town in south Missouri, the entire world could fall apart around them and it wouldn't faze him one bit, as long as they still had each other. But when his wife, Emma, begins seeing strange images in her sleep, Jon will find himself thrown back into a role he never wanted in the first place.

In a world still trapped in the aftermath of a devastating world war, Emergency Manager and Crisis Psychologist Dr. Emma Grant has been asked to speak at the first Constitutional Convention since the United States was founded. With the states coming together in a dangerous last-ditch effort to end a crippling energy crisis, and the Constitution hanging by a thread, the Grants must fight to keep the American government from falling apart. But when the convention takes a deadly turn, will they lose what may be their only chance to stop a man determined to sabotage everything—
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When Darkness Builds is the first installment in The Caldera Series. It's the story of Jon and Emma Grant, and the power they've been given together.

To save the children of men.

"We are the choices we make.

Soon we must all choose between who we want to be, and who we know we were born to be."

Not your typical dystopian tale, supernatural thriller When Darkness Builds features richly developed characters, deep interpersonal relationships, and internal conflicts just as dramatic as their external counterparts, making Book One of The Caldera Series...

“a fantastic story, so well crafted, a really delightful read!”

-Editor Tamara Hart Heiner

"Really, really good. Amazing in places."

-Author Michelle

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