The Architecture of Scars: A Novel of Modern Warfare and Legendary Reckonings
CHAPTER 1: THE FAULT LINE The rain did not fall so much as it clung to the galvanized links of the perimeter fence, turning the zinc wire into a line of gray, shivering teeth. Colonel Jonathan Vance—though the uniform he wore carried no brass, no stars, and no name tape across the crisp digital fabric—did…