GRAY DAWN The dark frontier of the twenty-second century is lawless and oppressive, but humanity is slowly beginning to carve out new beginnings in the midst of this brutal, nuke-altered world. In pockets of civilization called villes, peace and hope start to flourish. But law and order invite what's evil and corrupt... DEADLY NIGHTSHADE Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists are guests of a powerful Tennessee baroness and her mysterious advisor at her ville on what was once the mighty Mississippi. Beautiful and alluring, the baroness is skilled in the dark arts, and she will do anything to secure her future. In the Deathlands, when hope is not enough, the laws of survival are called into play.