Praise for The Rising - Five stars out of five! "Toppings sets and maintains an edge-of-the seat pace in the tradition of movie director J.J. Abrams and thriller author James Patterson with prose that is sparse and succinct...The Rising contains the best elements of supernatural horror thrillers and action novels." ForeWord Clarion Review Clay Hawker and his team of Inquisitors are back in the third installment of the Trinity Twelve Series! As they are confronted by old foes and face new ones, will their newest team member prove her worth? Selena Thorn is one of the nation's most powerful Wiccans, but can she hang with highly trained military warriors? In The Depths her metal will be tested! Cardinal Joseph Geller, who oversees the Holy Order of the Inquisition in America, is seen by Hawker as a mentor and father figure, but he will learn that Joe is much more than he seems. Chastity, the teenaged vampire adopted by the inquisitors, has taught them much they didn't know. This prompts Cardinal Geller to order Hawker and Selena to make contact with others such as Chastity. They are to extend an olive branch and a warning, live peacefully or be killed. As part of the olive branch, they agree to help if called upon. Their offers of assistance are soon accepted and one member of the team becomes smitten with the charming and gracious Marion Doster. The team's new adventures will take them to the farmlands of Missouri, the rugged Red River Gorge in Kentucky, a Victorian mansion in Tifton, Georgia, and the sleepy bedroom community of Lincoln, California. But will their greatest test come in their own home?