Striker V: In the Meantime

The world isn’t ending this time.Neil Harris, the fifth Hero to bear the name Striker, can breathe easier for once. There’s no Elemental threatening to wipe out every Hero on the face of the planet. That doesn’t mean the stakes are any less personal for four of Neil’s closest friends and colleagues.

THE ROUTINE: Colonel Ray is having a lighter day, and may actually be able to take the afternoon off. All she has to do is make it through a couple of meetings, and she’s home-free. Easy, right?

MI FAMILIA: Family, friends, and food are the most important things in the life of Erica Ramirez, the vaunted Ventrica. Her main goal for the past few years has been to build a better future for herself and her Hero brethren. Will her search for the past stand in her way?

A CAREFUL BALANCE: Lucian, also known as the Demonhunter and Angelslayer, has seen everything this side of Eternity. Or so he thinks. When a family in need asks for his help to solve a haunting, he finds the solution isn’t black-and-white.

CASEFILE 777: At seventeen years old, Tykie Georgiou is one of the Luckiest human beings alive. This power means that nearly everything works out for him. But he isn’t the only one with this rare power, and not everyone has such pure intentions.