Mark Aaron

Noreno, a half-Roman, is entrusted with the mission of crossing the snowy mountains of Armenia, swarming with Parthian patrols, to seek help for his slowly dying men.

One night, while working as a handyman at a bizarre medical facility, a lonely man named Charles meets a young woman named Chloe. The two share an immediate connection as she recounts having met him in a dream. When Chloe disappears, Charles sets out to find her in a strange world that seems intent on keeping them apart.

As a family struggles to survive in rural isolation during the Great Depression, their daughter's secret affair begins a journey into the unknown.

Dex Parios is a strong, assertive, and unapologetically sharp-witted Army veteran working as a P.I. in Portland, Oregon. With a complicated personal history and only herself to rely on, she solves other people’s messes with a blind eye toward her own.