Liberty

The Girl in the Box/Out of the Box Universe #60

by Robert J. Crane

When a witness to a criminal syndicate ends up in the crosshairs of his former employer, Sienna Nealon may be the only one who can protect him.

346 pages, Kindle Edition

Expected publication February 21, 2026

About the author

Robert J. Crane was born and raised on Florida's Space Coast before moving to the upper midwest in search of cooler climates and more palatable beer. He graduated from the University of Central Florida with a degree in English Creative Writing. He worked for a year as a substitute teacher and worked in the financial services field for seven years while writing in his spare time.

Reviews

[Carly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sienna slices a man’s face open with an energy blade and cooks his brain at 5000 degrees. Eyeballs gone. Blood sizzling out of his ears. She tells him “hands” and follows up with full death. It is disgusting and perfect.

She’s not playing by anyone’s rules. Not the government. Not the criminals. Not the whiny politicians who suddenly want her back the minute the prisons pop open and chaos walks into their living rooms. Everyone hates her until they need her. Then they cry into her voicemail and beg her to please murder the problem.

She literally says she’s stacking bodies and doesn’t give a single damn. There’s a moment she blows through a wall with her eyebeams and screams “Here’s Janey” like she’s having the time of her life. A man screams. She breaks his spine. Moves on. Casual.

She’s tired. You can feel it. She wants to finish the job and get out. Maybe take a nap. Maybe disappear with her husband and never come back. She has spent years flying across cities. Chasing human garbage who treat people like prey. And even after cleaning up their messes she knows more will take their place. She is burned out but still gets up and keeps going.

There is one line that hit like a punch to the throat. She says she’ll be holding up the pillars of the sky until she dies. That’s the energy. That’s the burden. She knows she’ll never be free. She still shows up. Still kills the monsters. Still saves the ungrateful people who would vote her out the second the crisis ends.

She says “I am Death” and I am cheering her on. Every time she fries some scumbag or blasts through another criminal ring I want to scream with manic joy.

By the end of this book she is completely unhinged. And honestly she’s earned it. She deserves rest. She deserves peace. She deserves a world where people handle their own mess for once so she can sit down for five minutes.

If this woman does not get a happy ending by the end of the series I will lose my mind.

[Lin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh, these last 5 will hurt!

The action never stops in this one.

Jamal, Augustus, and Sienna (of course) all share equal time dealing with more of the China fallout. This one hurts and I think the next several will hurt more. Big things, some changes, have to happen for Sienna to be able to finish up... but changes are hard. Sienna is boiling over with her rage. I can't wait to see more of her blowing up the world to help right it, but... wondering what her cost will be. Augustus gave me some of the biggest surprises. Jamal made me sad. When the characters feel like friends, you know the writing is that good.

I have a heck of a book hangover from this one. Im still excited for more... It's just going to hurt to see this world come to a head and an ending.

[Jen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always the best!

I waited for what seems like forever for this book to come out. It's an excellent book as all of them have bèen and it catapulted me into urgent reading.


Now I have to figure out how i am going to buy all 60 of the series!

Robert J. Crane is a master of storytelling and I must own the books!

[C CHRISTOFOROU · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still not done.....

I thought that there was nothing more that could be done with Sienna, but I was wrong. Skipping from one scene to another was done well, keeping you in the loop, without forgetting where you were. Lots of mayhem, and a couple of love stories, with everyone struggling to restore order. It will be interesting to see where we go from here.

[Bob Horne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ready to get real?

This is one that brings in the reality of modern human life in the world today. It confronts issues like privacy, morality, relationships, temptations, and the reality of being human regardless of your power (or lack of it). I always enjoy The Girl in the Box novels.

[Denise · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been there from the beginning

I've been there from the beginning and have loved to witness Sienna mature fairly well despite who she is and what she's experienced. Hopefully by the last book (#65), she will get the kind of ending that I think she deserves. Living out the remainder of her days with her husband and family close by, all retired from the "business".

[MR N WOOD · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid Sienna story

Nice to get some Jamal and Augustus storyline and character development, as Sienna processes her own position as Death incarnate and starts to accept her power in a different wY.

[Eloise Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome read

I absolutely love this series and have enjoyed every single Girl in the box books by Robert J Crane. Fantastic author.

[Sheeree Hinnenkamp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read

I can never wait for the next book to come out! They better hurry for the next read, I'm ready to go!

[Afia Adu-Boahen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book!