title: Gathering
author: Donaghe, Ronald L.
description: The Gathering is the fourth book in the Common Threads in the Life series, which began with Common Sons, and continued in The Blind Season and The Salvation Mongers. The Gathering is set in 1999, four months before the coming new millenium. The Reece family had planned to gather to celebrate the new era by gathering on New Year's eve. Instead tragedy strikes, and the family gathers for a very different reason.