UPDATE ON NOVEL...

The firt lady Caroline Hopkins unfortunately dies. The mass is held at St. Patrick's Cathedral, half of Hollywood, Wall Street, and Washington attended. During the ceremony a mysterious cadra wearing brown hooded Franciscan monk robes over Kevlar vest, took over the cathedral. In their pockets they had electric shock weaponry, up their sleeves they slipped big-bored riot guns. Half of these guns were filled with rubber bullets, and the other half with canisters of extremely caustic CS tear gas. When the pallbearers brought the flag-drapped coffin in to the center of the cathedral, a row of monks followed right behind and some to the left. The monks spaced themselves and stopped suddenely in the side aisles. From Under the rumble of the organ you could hear a series of muffled blasts. John Rooney who is a movie star and comedian saw one of the monks setting off a shotgun into the crowd. No, he thought, this couldn't be right! He must have bang his head. He opened his eyes as a uniformed cop stumbled up the center aisle with blood pouring out of his nose and ears. The VIP section looked like a mosh pit as the people in there panicked, clawing at one another to get out of the pew. Michael Bennette who is on the New York Police Department, had no idea what was going on yet. Which was his usual state since his wife Maeve had gotten sick. His wife Maeve was diagnosed with cancer and is under taking chemo and radiation. They decided to adopt after they found out they couldn't have any children. Maeve who Michael describes as a Saint decided to adopt. Once they adopted their first child Maeve said we have enough love for another and they kept adopting, before they knew it they had ten children living under their roof. Michael did is usual routine takeing them to school, this was his day off. When he received the phone call that they needed him down at St. Patrick's Cathedral for a hostage situation.