Sweet, im not the only person that happened to lol. Took an hour.
Yeah, this playthrough im doin, I snuck in the back way, took the book, and left and ill fight them later. I havent even saved the kid from her yet except to test if the story line changes now that I know her secret - and it does. Im gonna make some saves and see what happens when I save Halsin and do it and dont save Halsin and do it. Either way, this is evil and im going to kill all of them and the refugees but I wanted to see how it plays out prior to that.