Survival through the winter on Alfenwehr requires luck, toughness, adaptability and intelligence. Snow, darkness, sub-zero temperatures, low air pressure, madness, and the evil of the mountain are pitted against the men and women of 2/19th Special Weapons's Rear Detachment. Colonel John Henry (NR) has decided to try a bare bones Rear Detachment. Four men. Alone. In the barracks. At winter. The plan is to keep the entire force from succumbing to cabin fever and slaughtering one another, but enough people to handle any problems that come up. Four men. A Staff Sergeant, a Sergeant, a Specialist, and a Private Second Class. Three of them have never spent a winter on the slopes of Alfenwehr. One has. A three time survivor. And he has rules that the others can follow: Or die.

Things have been going good for Sergeant Stillwater. The last winter was less an exercise in mass fratricide and more a lesson to the veterans of 2/19th Special Weapons Group how the military is supposed to run. REFORGER 88, the largest military exercise NATO had ever performed, had been successful, and the winter of 1988 had proven to be no match for Colonel John Henry (No Relation)'s will. Now it's the winter of 1989. Stillwater and a few others have been sent to Blackbriar to train on new weapon systems that had only just moved out of testing and into being fielded by the US Army. From there, they're scheduled to train 82nd Airborne Division in the weapons, as well as certify the entire division in NBC Warfare. However, things do go as planned when 82nd is chosen to spearhead the invasion of Panama, and Stillwater and the rest of Actual find themselves in the jungles of Panama, separated from the rest of the American forces, outnumbered and out gunned, and completely lost. Only to discover that Europe isn't the only place that old dark things lurk. This story was selected for NaNoWriMo2017 by fans. Warning: This book contains graphic sex scenes, graphic violence (including torture), and other mature topics, including mass combat and crew served weaponry being used on living people.