LIVING Ryan Shale is on top of the world. Busy renovating the new home he's bought with Jake, he's excited for the imminent birth of his own son - a little brother for Jake's boy, Kody. He's ready to pop the question and has had rings secretly engraved. Although he senses a storm brewing behind Jake's stoic façade, he dismisses it as stress from their recent house move, all the hard work of which is finally behind them. They've only one last morning of spirit-finding to undertake, and then the family celebrations for Jake's thirtieth birthday can really begin DYING Jake Taberner has run out of time, but still hasn't told Ryan that he's hiding a truth more devastating than any spectre he's faced. His inoperable brain aneurysm is about to rupture and cut his life short, leaving his partner alone and his young son an orphan. He has just enough time left to get inside the derelict shell of Chesworth Towers. Once he's found out whether the rest of the Sycamore boys' bodies are buried there, he intends to tell Ryan everything.But the day doesn't go to plan. The routine Location Event turns dire when the spirits inside the statelv home ensnare Jake, forcing him into a catastrophic two-storey drop which inflicts grievous injuries. In hospital he's placed in an induced coma and Ryan is forced to battle on with the manhunt alone. Will the fall shatter the couple's dreams, or can their love provide a vital safety net as Jake navigates the tightrope back from the brink of death?

BREAKING DOWN Ryan Shale is in big trouble. An undercover job at the terrifying HMP Heronfall has overrun with no end in sight. Trapped with sadistic officers in a harrowing regime, his only contact has inexplicably gone AWOL, and he has no communication with the outside world. As misery takes its toll and the cruelty intensifies, it's only a matter of time before the Head Guard pushes it too far and all hell breaks loose. STEPPING UP With the wedding fast approaching, and no word in weeks, Jake Taberner realises he's going to have to grab the reins. His partner has sheltered him through every dark day of his painful recovery, and the time has come to repay that debt. But it's no easy task. Jake is grappling with heavy shackles of his own - the PTSD from the Chesworth Towers ordeal still weighing him down. Yet, as the expected seven-day assignment stretches into weeks, it's becoming clear he needs to get Ryan out before his cover's blown. The superintendent refuses to intervene, but Jake can sense something's gone very wrong. Dead set on rescuing the man who pieced him back together, he must cast his crutches aside, make his way to Headquarters, and force a showdown with the Chief. But how can he muster up the courage to fight Ryan's corner when even the mere prospect of leaving the house still fills him with terror?