
His tendency to obey his father even against his own better judgment has horrendous consequences for the entire group during their “relaxing” hike into the mountains. With Earl, Ty is someone who follows orders without question. As Ty interacts with his father Earl, Mara, his mother, and Deuce, his brother, the reader gets to see a different side of his character. Urban and Roux’s familiarity with the two characters makes for an intense and dramatic read. The writing in Sticks and Stones is much tighter. Ty, in particular, he instructs to go home and visit his family in West Virginia.

Burns orders them both to go on an immediate vacation.
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When their boss, Dick Burns, calls them into his office to give them the negative results on their latest unofficial psych evals, he makes it clear that they’re out if they don’t get their heads straight.

The FBI dropped Zane back into a meat-grinder of an assignment in New Mexico and Ty spent much of his time recovering from their last encounter. The Bureau separated Ty and Zane for six months after their last assignment. Sticks and Stones brings Ty Grady and Zane Garrett back together after the climactic ending of the first book.
