The third volume, Lifting Breezes, finds Dr. Flash Bastion seized by the One Nation on Christmas, his arrest broadcast worldwide, while at home Jill collapses under the shock and strain. Outside their door a silent human shield gathers on the steps and lawn, a community of once-enemies now whispering the same vow: “Not on my watch.”

With danger closing in, Mosha Hammond knits a new Force of Five around Jake Herald, Jamie Kofton, and Carlos D’lagato, even as the St. Alegis Medallion becomes a small, blazing sign of protection and release. They stand against Herr Bosel’s machine state—Mother in the skies, Sister in the bloodstream, and the Adonis Corps in the streets—while the implant called CHIP quietly shreds lives from the inside.

Grief hardens into purpose. After his mother’s death, Carlos roots himself in Harmony Heights and becomes one of Flash’s most trusted co-workers. Through captivity, loss, and long vigil, Flash himself becomes a living relic of mercy—a lopper—his bronzed left hand and vials of blood turning St. Alegis into “The Sparrow’s Nest,” a place of healing for generations.

When vengeance surges in the streets, Flash answers with a two-word verdict that stills the mob—Presumed Redeemed—and an anthem of grace that refuses to abandon the fallen. Lifting Breezes is a fierce, hope-lifted story about friendship that holds, mercy over retribution, and a people learning to choose forgiveness in the teeth of terror.