Iron Angels Hardcover

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A bizarre kidnapping case leads FBI Special Agent Jasper Wilde into the mysterious world of a strange religious cult even stranger criminals—and an ancient evil Set in the Windy City of Chicago & in rusty industrial East Chicago A bizarre kidnapping case leads FBI Special Agent Jasper Wilde into the mysterious world of a strange religious cult & even stranger criminals At the scene of the kidnapping itself a frightening apparition is seen Then a hideously-mutilated corpse is found nearby Something wicked has come to the nornal-seeming Chicago suburbs It doesn’t take long before the FBI agents realize that something truly extraordinary is unfolding in northwest Indiana—and that whatever it is the area’s huge steel industry is somehow at the center Jasper is joined by Supervisory Special Agent Temple Black Black has recently been put in charge of a new unit the Scientific Anomalies Group created to analyze & handle peculiar cases which might be on the periphery of national security Another cult is discovered although this one seems to be opposed to the criminal activities taking place Further investigation however just produces more in the way of mystery The agents consult with scientists & theologians but no one has any idea what might be producing the situation Until finally the cults erupt in open warfare As the FBI agents race to intervene & finally put a stop to the horrors they come to understand & accept that something very ancient & very evil has surfaced in the world—or perhaps something that is very very alien About the Author Eric Flint is a modern master of alternate history fiction with over three million books in print He’s the authorcreator of the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series starting with first novel 1632 With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the “ Belisarius” alternate Roman history series & with David Weber collaborated on 1633 & 1634 The Baltic War as well as the Honorverse series entry Cauldron of Ghosts Flint&s latest Ring of Fire novel is 1636 The Ottoman Onslaught Flint was for many years a labor union activist He lives near Chicago Illinois Alistair Kimble is a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation working national security matters & processing crime scenes as a member of the Evidence Response Team He served in the US Navy where he dangled from helicopters while performing search & rescue operations as well as mission support for NASA projects such as the Mars Pathfinder space shuttle recoveries at Edwards AFB & X projects like the X-36 tailless fighter