The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman-Used Denise Williams Then he becomes more than

Then he becomes more than just a hot body with the face to match

a lonely deaf-mute

a clan prepares to bring about the end of the world and its imminent rebirth

Until he shows up

they must seize the power of the god of death so Asar may do the impossible: ascend to true divinity

The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman-Used Denise Williams Then he becomes more thanIn the fall of 1918, thirteen year old German immigrant Pia Lange longs to be far from Philadelphias overcrowded slums and the anti immigrant sentiment that compelled her father to enlist in the U. S. Army. But as her city celebrates the end of war, an even more urgent threat arrives: the Spanish flu. Funeral crepe and quarantine signs appear on doors as victims drop dead in the streets and desperate survivors wear white masks to ward off illness.