copyright 2014 joshua d. hoyt table of contents : prologue chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 chapter 8 chapter 9 chapter 10 chapter 11 chapter 12 chapter 13 chapter 14 chapter 15 chapter 16 chapter 17 chapter 18 chapter 19 chapter 20 chapter 21 chapter 22 chapter 23 chapter 24 epilogue about the author excerpt from order of the rose : black petal ( book 2 ) prologue : a knock at the front door woke tom from dreams of tiny soldiers battling across a wooden floor .