C.O.S.M.I.C.

A novel in progress.

Aaron Verstand has just lost control and killed his girlfriend and infant son. As he stands on a bridge over Rock Creek, preparing to jump and end his own life, Lieutenant Colonel Catherine Ivory stops him. She tells him that he has been recruited for C.O.S.M.I.C., the US military's top-secret program for people with magical and occult powers, called Talents, whose skills range from Qabbalistic divination to the Goetic summoning and command of demons. Now, for the first time in his life, Verstand finds himself among people who understand and accept him, and comes to realize that the death of his girlfriend and son was in fact caused by his latent magical powers erupting.

But something's not right at C.O.S.M.I.C. A new enemy threatens the delicate balance of power—and is getting help from inside C.O.S.M.I.C. Verstand and Ivory are trying to track down the traitors, but can they even trust each other? The more their investigation goes on, the more it becomes obvious that nothing at C.O.S.M.I.C. is as it seems.