A THOUSAND BAYONETS #1 John Webster has seen the terrible things human beings can do. He's an experienced investigative journalist, recently returned from the war in Afghanistan. John was hell over there; he looked death straight in the face. He's glad to be back to the normalcy of his Vancouver home-that is until he realizes there is a war brewing in his own backyard and 'peace' is a word no longer spoken. John gets caught up in the battle between two of the most powerful and murderous criminal gangs in the city. Using what he learned on the foreign battlefields, he stays alive, despite the price on his head. The only way to save his own life is to find the man responsible for the brutal neighborhood bloodshed. When the police slap a subpoena on him, though, John finds his only solace on the streets. Suddenly, John is back in a war zone, fighting for his life. Will he be able to stop the bloodthirsty crime lords? The flashbacks from Afghanistan threaten to pull John into darkness. Soon the past and present collide, and he can't tell which why is up or down. The need for redemption may be stronger than the need for survival as John Webster finds himself on his most dangerous assignment yet. SHAME THE DEVIL #2 etermined to stop drinking and put the nightmares to rest, journalist and former war correspondent John Webster wants to turn over a new leaf. But when a mysterious woman phones him out of nowhere about an oil company and its corrupt top executives, Webster finds himself dragged into a dangerous chess game played by the most powerful minds in the country. The whistleblower hands Webster a secret document indicating that Nerno Energy's largest oil site may actually be completely dry. As Webster digs deeper into the secretes of the energy company, he finds shocking evidence of corruption at the highest levels, perpetrated by people who will stop at nothing to silence him. Webster learsn Nerno Energy is being readied for sale to foreign interests who may have their own agenda, an event with implications for the security of the whole of North America. The knowledge drives Webster to return to his old destructive habits and threatens his sanity, his relationships and his life. When people start dying around him, Webster races to untangle this large conspiracy and bring those responsible to justice. Signs of Horror #3When a bomb goes off in a Toronto Jewish school, John Webster, a Daily Globe reporter and former war correspondent, is told he is the only man for the job. Against his own better judgement, John investigates the horrific death of a teacher and six students killed in the blast. But in doing so he relives the past in his nightmares, when he witnessed horrible suicide bombs in Iraq. John searches for witnesses in a hospital and meets one of the victims, Lila Neuhoff, who was severally disfigured by the blast. They are drawn together by pain and suffering as well as their scars -both physical and mentally. They decide to join forces to track down the bomber and the shadowy organization behind him. At first, a local terrorist group takes responsibility and the police seem satisfied. But John and Lila delve deep into the life of the victims and find a sinister past that may point to an alternative motive. The bombing takes an emotional toll on John and Lila as they become more connected and involved. Even when John is told to go home at the risk of another bombing, he cannot stop until he brings those responsible to justice. The plot is more intricate than John ever imagined and he must stop those responsible before more people are massacred.
