The (Secret) Tower Lord 2: Post-Integration Earth

What is his new identity? The Appraiser is dead. Drowned. Body cast out to sea. How will Joel Black re-emerge from his secret tower and return to the world? What is his place in it now? The third trial has begun. And it is permanent. The world's population has suffered a substantial loss. Now, the survivors must fend for themselves and face the alien immigrants forcibly brought to a newly expanded Planet Earth. But the old world order won't simply roll over and take the butcher's knife. National governments band together to fight off the aliens for humanity's collective right to exist. Joel Black enters this new arena under a new disguise--as Pal, the world's only Beastmaster. Under this new identity, Joel moves to Long Island and protects it and the nearby New York City. Joining the Hunters Association, Joel offers his services as a mercenary. These missions push him to visit all five boroughs. Additional opportunities also pull him beyond the national border and even place him on the frontline to repel an alien invasion. As Pal becomes more famous, America's foreign enemies take notice and target him for assassination. Again. How will Joel fend them off without revealing his true identity and powers? The (Secret) Tower Lord 2: Post-Integration Earth is the second volume of the (Secret) Tower Lord series. Relevant themes include System Integration, Progression, Tower Climber, City Life, and Political Thriller. This 103k-word novel contains cursing and violence but no adult material. It is suitable for a general readership.