"What God demands of us -" Those were the chilling final words of Major Dane Beaufort, before a mob beat him to death in the streets of Pittsburgh. Beaufort was the martial law Resco, resource coordinator, assigned to lead the city through the climate change crisis. The punishment for interfering with a Resco is death. The consequences for murdering one have yet to be devised.Tech whisperer Dee Baker and her partner Resco Emmett MacLaren led Project Reunion to save New York City. The world watches to see what the hero couple will tackle next, while the opposition sells headlines with every bump in their rocky relationship.Dee longs to escape New York to a greener life. But Emmett is available when news hits of Beaufort's murder. The political stakes are higher than the fate of Pittsburgh. The martial law governors care enough to send their very best - Emmett and Dee.Dee is constitutionally unfit to play second fiddle. But she accompanies Emmett into his native Bible Belt to assist. Plagued by tornados and isolated from the rest of the world, Pittsburgh has gone rogue, and it's up to them what to do about it. But the forces afoot are darker than they imagined. And Dee's about to fall into their trap. is book 3 of the Calm Act Series, which began with .Get it now.