The Rookie spellslinger

The Rookie spellslingerHe Played A Boy's Game. He Lived A Man's Life. As a lonely child, Jim Morris took one thing with him wherever his family moved his ability to hit and throw a baseball. For Jim, the passion of becoming a major league ballplayer was his anchor and inspiration until injuries and life got in the way. A decade after Jim walked away from the minors and began a life of fatherhood and mortgage payments, he made a promise to the hardscrabble high school team

not just from his wife but from the authority of the Catholic Church

Antonia Black has always known her place with the Del Campo family-a bastard daughter

turning infected Wunimals into mindless

It's Thanksgiving

The met'Oc are tolerated

Hook readers with dynamic characters

They're an iconic part of history's most celebrated birth

anyone can overcome life's obstacles and move on to maximum living

The Knife has heard a rival is making a play for the streets of Dallas—none other than Evangeline Roy

According to legend

with Marie in the thick of it

"A book that will take over readers' thoughts until long after the final page