“This was a world of angels and demons, gods and devils, people who became legends after slaying things scarier than his darkest nightmares, after saving hundreds if not thousands of lives. Everything Rex saw in movies and comic books was happening around him on a daily basis in a world that just a few short years ago, he did not even know existed. And here he was, some kid from Baltimore who was couch surfing with a friend he could not afford to pay rent to, working odd jobs that paid next to nothing, hoping he could save up enough to visit a sister he could not protect. What business did he have with angels and demons, gods and devils?” From Into the Furnace