In Hollow Houses — Gary A. Braunbeck

It's all true. It's all possible. It's not a nightmare.

An unspeakable evil stirs beneath the nation's capital, the gateway to a world of terror few have seen, and fewer still can protect us from. The Hoffman Institute may be our only defense, but is it part of the solution, or part of the problem?

Jeane Meara. A federal agent disillusioned after the Waco incident, ripe for recruitment by the Hoffman Institute.

Fitz. A natural born leader, prone to rash decisions that are called "visionary" when they work, and "careless" when they don't.

Ngan. Came to America in the fifties, a refugee from Tibet. He has seen the shadows crawl, and has heard them whisper.

Reality and paranoia collide when dark forces converge on a world that seems normal.