Book excerpt: There's a fresh grave dug at the Fairfield Funeral Home and all it's missing is a tombstone. For months Alex Cheradon has been on the receiving end of a helping hand from Jonathon Bragan. But Bragan's help has been nothing more than a careful manipulation of Alex. Bragan's reaching the part of his plan where it's time to make his true intentions known to Alex. Of course, when that happens, the price of Bragan's help is going to come due as well. Devon Christian is on the edge of sanity. The voices in his head get louder every day. At some point, he's not going to be able to ignore those voices forever. And when he stops, there's only one person at the top of his hit list. And to top it off, there's a Probability Engine loose in Clayton City. So the odds of everything going to Hell just increased dramatically. This is it. The big finale. Everything's coming to a head.