Chapter 21: A Generation of Guardians

When the station chief, Cullen Looske, hurried out of his office and saw the old man standing in the lobby, his expression turned solemn right away. That neat, glittering row of merit medals spoke of the old man's storied years in the armored cavalry. Most important of all, he was still alive. "Cullen Looske, chief of the Liberty Road police station in Nivon, salutes the war hero!" Cullen Looske stood ramrod straight and delivered a textbook military salute. The old man gave a small nod, his...