It was inevitable that the Fitzgalen Family's stock in trade would run loggerheads into powerful religious organizations who felt only the clergy had the answers to life after death. The danger is not in disagreement with such people, but when religious authority gains the power of military capability.
In All Heaven Breaks Loose, the Family size nearly doubles, while Vanessa plans to leave the spirit world, tired of being numb, tired of not being the real world wife to her beloved Ryan.
Spirit rescues also take on a whole new hue, for there are those spirits who are destined for a different kind of judgment.
Finally, there is a greatly troubled living spirit that needs the help of Vanessa and Gustav to break free of the chains of a childhood trauma he doesn't even remember.