First they survived a serial killer in their own barracks. Then they went to the wall against a pre-conflict strike of Soviet Union soldiers attacking them in their own barracks, leaving behind half of their number dead and the survivors of the brutal close quarters combat shell shocked and physically wounded. Criminal Investigation Division, the National Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the FBI, and the CIA are all interested in what went on. Accompanying the members of the Alphabet Agencies is the aide of a member of the House Military Affairs Commission and members of the Secret Service. All of them wanted to know what happened. Unfortunately for them, the blood spilled on the mountain in the name of madness and hatred has woken it from its ancient slumber. And it wants more. THIS STORY IS A ROUGH DRAFT/STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS VERSION OF WHAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE EDITED AND EXPANDED INTO BOOK FOUR OF THE PUBLISHED SERIES.

For Anthony Stillwater, the unthinkable has happened. Command Sergeant Major Tiernan Stillwater is dead. But there are questions surrounding his sudden death. Questions that bring the remaining, surviving members of Atlas and Actual back together in grief. Even the Matrons want answers, both the McDaurns and the McCullens. Wounded like has never been before, Anthony Stillwater searches for answers to the circumstances surrounding his father's death. And the circumstances bring out someone who had been sleeping inside of Stillwater since he had left the military. The Atlas Ant wants answers. Even if someone has to scream them.

For John Bomber, his life is over. He's out of the military on a medical with no way to return. His sister and her husband are capable of handling the farm. He's a respected pillar of the community, a multi-millionaire who is recognized throughout the State, and can go nowhere without everyone knowing. His son is grown and has begun following in his footsteps. But Prudence Bomber is dead. As big as Texas is, as big as the ranch is, there's nothing there for him any longer. The big, formerly happy-go-lucky Texan can't stand to stay in Texas, where even the evening breeze reminds him of Prudence.