Progeny

Nobody parts two rivers met.

Detectives Guthridge and Carrington are forced to confront darkness on its own terms.

Jack Turner chooses the place and the time, and all hell breaks loose.

Turner's hand is forced.

Garda finally makes contact with Turner. Ghee employs occultic guile to predict how he can trap Turner into facing the wrath of Le Blanc.

Jack Turner remains elusive, both to Detectives Carrington and Guthridge who are determined to capture him, and to more powerful forces hell-bent on finding and destroying him.

His trail leads to a ghost from the past, the estate of a corrupt retired Senator, and an enigmatic blank spot on an old and forgotten map.

Garda pursues more knowledge of her brother's past. Guthridge and Carrington take a leap into the dark. Jack Turner pulls more knowledge from scraps and shadows. Petey Ghee gains greater darkness.

Delving deeper into the Jack Turner case, detectives Carrington and Guthridge uncover increasingly unsettling clues. These include a fresh corpse of a man named Dennis Peltry who has not been seen alive for almost eighty years and a wandering occult practitioner name Petey Ghee who is also on the hunt for both Turner and Marsh. Garda continues her quest to find her half-brother, and digs up more details on his recent activities. Meanwhile, Turner returns to town, determined to continue pursuing his quarry.

Before a hunt begins, a target must be identified. Present circumstances must be analyzed to anticipate future outcomes. This is a tricky, predicative function it turns out humans are good at. Jack Turner augurs the presence of his enemies. Army Major Frances Garda gains new information from an old colleague. Detectives Carrington and Guthridge struggle with what Caroline Marsh has revealed to them.

Progeny is a narrated supernatural fiction / paranormal thriller with detective procedural and noir elements.

During America's prolonged conflict throughout the lands of ancient Persia, a disillusioned U.S. Army major runs afoul of military law. This disaster in her professional and personal life sets her on a new course, beginning with a father she never knew and leading to a mysterious half-sibling she must find.

Progeny is a narrated supernatural fiction / paranormal thriller with detective procedural and noir elements.