**spoiler alert** Ravyn Verdier has grown up in a futuristic time in America. She's now part of a CAT team investigating another planet for future col**spoiler alert** Ravyn Verdier has grown up in a futuristic time in America. She's now part of a CAT team investigating another planet for future colonization. One day she returns from repairing some comm equipment to discover her 19 fellow workers have been murdered and mutilated. In shock, she tries to hide when she hears noises. The noise turns out to be Damon Brody and 6 men on his special ops team who are responding to an emergency transmission. While Brody is caring for Ravyn, his men are taking care of the bodies. When Ravyn and Brody emerge, all of his men have also been killed and they know they need to get out of there. They escape to the "old city" although not without both getting injured and sighting the alien killer. In the old city, they're given help in fighting the killer by former inhabitants who left a message. Ravyn's step-brother shows up with another spec ops team and together Ravy, Dam, Alex (bro) and best friend Stacey defeat the demon. Very well done, different but believable. Well done sex scenes. Interesting book - I'd be interested in reading other books by the author....more