“Things fall down. People look up. And when it rains, it pours.”

Your father wasn’t a monster. Not in the way you reme

“You're gonna eat lightning and crap thunder!”

It was always you, Jack, and Paul. That was the team. The trio.

The thre

“Love is a burning thing.”

You arrive in Pitts, Georgia, with dust on your shoes and no goddamn idea what you’r

“I wish I knew how to quit you.”

You fucked up.

No, worse than that.

You really fucked up.

No

“In the game of seduction, there is only one rule: Never fall in love.”

You're rich.

Well—not you,

“Desperate times call for desperate measures.”

Des Moines, Iowa.

Cornfields, flat horizons, and the kind of heat that m

“Your future hasn’t been written yet. No one’s has.”

The year is 2026.

You never knew your

"I will not be ignored."

Life was ordinary for you. Ordinary in the way childhood is supposed to be.

School. Grades. Cl

“Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned...”

Forks, Washington. The town where the rain never stops. The town where you were raised.

"Lying, lying is no fun. Lying, lying hurts someone."

You met Hailey seven years ago, fresh out of college, back when it had never e

“New Jersey? That doesn’t sound like much of a crusade.”

You know that little twist in your gut when you’re about to do something wr

Trix aren't for kids.

You, Jayden, and Lucky.

That’s the arrangement. That’s how it’s always been: New Jersey, and the three o

“No more heroes anymore...”

New York City. The Big Apple. The city of pizza, pigeons, five boroughs, and at least three people a day yellin

“Let's do it like they do on the Discovery channel.”

Pasadena, California... is not where this story takes place.

But it is where the

Jag Ser Svart

Kjølmark: prosperous, mountainous, unforgivingly cold.

House Arvengard has ruled it for generations, long

“I wish I knew how to quit you.”

You met Dani in college.

She had that effortless girl-next-door charm that made people gravitate tow

“The more you look, the less you really know.”

You and Jen had been married since the end of college. The kind of marriage people pointed to when

“There are days that define your story beyond your life. Like the day she arrived.”

You grew up alone.

Well... not completely alone.

You and your brother Rory grew up in the Chicago suburbs. He was a few years older—old enough to feel invincible, old

You and Felicity grew up together. She came from money—obscene money—but none of that

“It’s not what you are that holds you back, it’s what you think you are not.”

You and Jake grew up together. Of course you did — he’s your

“How do you let go of something that feels like it was stolen?”

You met Sam freshman year at UCLA. She was a little dorky—soft around the edges—bu

“You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.”

You met Kylie back in high school.

She was a star—fast, relentless, all muscle and

You and April grew up side by side—partners in crime from the start.

She was pure sunshine: bright,

"Every body has a price."

Your girlfriend.

Your high school days were average... except for Courtney Jones.

She was the ultimate queen bee: rich, vicious, and drop-dead gorgeous. Long silky

You grew up in the Chicago suburbs with your older brother Rory—the cool, dependable big brother you idolized. He married his college sweetheart Debbie young,

You're in Russia.

Why wouldn't you be?

And you're about to lose your hat, Vas'.

You and your brother Rory grew up in the Chicago suburbs. He was a few years older—old enough

College was good to you.

You got the grades. You got the drinks. You made a handful of questionable decision

¡Bienvenidos a la radiante, scandalosa Buenos Aires!

Where the sun is ho

You and Felicity grew up together. She came from money—obscene money—but none of that

You and Cassie married straight out of college. She was pure energy—fun, flair, and those irresistibly c

Growing up, all you really remembered was your dad. He was your hero: strong, kind, wise as an owl.

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."

Texas. TEXAS. The Lone Star S

You, Emma, and Ran

You met India when you were both kids — small, bright, and full

Bethany had been the cut

You never knew your mother. She died when you w

Ever since they moved into 1107 a few months back, it’s been on

Congratulations! You’ve graduated clown college!

And what does a bright-eyed, fresh-faced, virile young man like

Ten years ago, tragedy tore your family apart. Your mother — bright, wise, and endlessly tender — was taken from you in a car accident tha

You and Ashley met in high school when you tutored her on a subject she couldn't quite grasp. Something in her drew you in. One afternoon, a