In "Outrage," the second of the Faith McMann Trilogy by T.R. Ragan, the protagonist must deal with the fallout from her battle with her nemesis, the organization that kidnapped her kids. Faith enlisted the aid of Beast and Rage, a couple people she met at court-ordered anger management class. Their names reflect their feelings, kind of a stab at therapy they class uses. Both understand Faith's feelings toward those who stole her kids and prove invaluable on her nonstop push to uncover the clues that will lead her to wherever her children have been stashed. The first book ends with Faith and her band of vigilantes storming a farmhouse where a criminal enterprise holds girls and rents them out to high-paying johns looking for underage girls to exploit. Faith's daughter is being groomed to be sold because she's a virgin. She's not even in her teens. A woman, a former mistress of the crime boss running the show, insists the girls call her mother. She runs the house with an iron fist, and abuse is regularly handed out. There is little chance they will be discovered. However, Faith's group, which includes her family, is relentless. But Faith misses finding her daughter. Mother is arrested, and she alone knows where the girl is. Faith gets increasingly distraught. Nothing she's done has worked. Ragan provides insight into her antagonists' motivations, providing chapters devoted to their perspectives. To them, the flesh trade is simply a means to an end. Young girls are a commodity to be exploited. They detest the fact that Faith has remained in the public eye through the media. They try at every chance to kill her. But Beast is a bounty hunter, and Rage, his ailing sidekick, knows all about the seedier side of life. The group enlists the aid of an escaped sex slave, Miranda. Faith treats her like a daughter, something Miranda has some trouble accepting. Ragan doesn't cloak any of her story line in panacea. She prefers the cold reality. Faith's family comes apart. Her decisions endanger everybody. She continues to go a little nuts. Yet, she retains her resolve to continue the hunt, despite the many roadblocks. She's tough. And that's probably what I liked best about this series. She doesn't want to be a victim. She's done that. She's tired of it. And she will get those kids. No matter what the odds say.