Corporal Stillwater, US Army, has defined himself by his military accomplishments since enlisting, seeking to put his upbringing and past behind him. However, his family has other plans, plans that involve returning Anthony Stillwater to little more than a slave, bound to the will and desires of the nearly all-powerful matrons of his clan. Already suffering from head injuries and in the middle of psychotic break, Stillwater is returning home to face off with the Matrons, his own past, and a legacy that seeks to destroy him. By himself, he has no chance to resist, but no man is an island, and Stillwater has friends he can count on. But will the irrepressible John Bomber and the defiant Nancy Nagle be able to save him from slavery, a descent into madness, or a complete loss of humanity, when they may not be able to save themselves when the Matrons plans are finally revealed? This is the fourth book in the Damned of the 2/19th Series, a Wattpad original, and presented here as it is written, in rough draft format before editing as an exclusive. WARNING! This story has graphic scenes of torture, violence, and mayhem. as well as sexual situations. This story has been Rated R by Wattpad. If you are under 18, are sensitive, or are just looking for something to be offended by, keep right on going and choose a different book, because this one ain't fer you, pumpkin. WARNING!

Canada, a NATO ally known for attention to population safety and cutting edge biowarfare programs, has recently finished their newest P3 lab. State of the art, with cutting edge tech from multiple NATO members, this facility is the latest weapon of the Cold War. Anthony Stillwater, just returned from SERE and Jungle Warfare training in Panama, has been tasked with escorting members of a NATO ally's Biowarfare team to the newly constructed facility. It's a cakewalk, just escort biowarfare samples from the CDC in Atlanta to the new Canadian biowarfare facility, and then return to Europe. But it's Special Weapons. And nothing is ever easy.

In 2/19th Special Weapons Group Rear Detachment usually means drinking beer, making sure nobody burns down the barracks, and trying not to freeze to death. It's usually easy duty, day on day off and kicking back. For Corporal Anthony "Ant" Stillwater and Specialists Nancy Nagle and John Bomber it's a little bit of relaxation, time to unwind after a grueling year of special weapons work, and nothing that they can't handle without breaking a sweat. This time there's something wrong. A killer roams the barracks, just as highly trained, just as motivated, and just as familiar with the territory as the soldiers of Rear Detachment. He has it all planned out, has prepared for it, and has the advantage of surprise. For those of you having trouble with the terms, I've put in a lexicon under my works. It should help. (This is NOT the Amazon version, but rather the 3rd revision before the expansion into the version on Amazon. It's here for those of you that are unable to purchase the Amazon version so that you know what's going on in the rest of the books)

Years have gone by, the Cold War is over, the Special Weapons Program has been shut down along with the old Continuity of Government Program, and the USSR is a fading memory. Old weapons have been set aside, shelved, and largely forgotten. One such weapon is Anthony Stillwater, a relic of the Cold War, trained to bring about the end of the world and fight in the rubble. However, relics are shelved when they have no use. After being put out the military, Anthony Stillwater thought he had left it all behind. Living in the woods with his wife and four children, he's known around town as a relatively quiet man who dotes on his young wife and children when he isn't tending bar at the local seaside tavern. Although he bears scars from his time in the military, beyond nightmares he has left behind the dark, cold, and horror of his military service. A buried secret has been found, and events are in motion to remind Stillwater that no matter what lies he tells himself, no matter what masks he wears, he will always be nothing more than a weapon and Property of the U.S. Army.

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.

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.

His confidence and body still damaged by the explosion at Atlas early in the year and his bloody war with his family, Anthony Stillwater has been assigned to Rear-D for the third year in a row. With him is Bomber and Nancy; Aine and Foster on leave, Cromwell at Special Weapons school, and the rest of the squad dead, the trio have no backup in a unit that has forgotten they even exist. With no allies present, no reputation and trust with the others on Rear-D, and still suffering from the events of the last year, the outcome is in doubt if anything goes wrong during the winter. It's Alfenwehr, it's winter, and Tandy is on the loose, so of course things will go wrong. This is a rough draft, only having undergone minor timeline updates and name replacements.

The Cold War is over, the USSR is gone and Russia lies in economic and industrial ruin. A new president, a new mandate, and Special Weapons has been disbanded, it's soldiers scattered to new MOS slots and new units. A vital component of the MAD program during the Cold War, Special Weapons and everything it represented is now an embarrassment that the government wants to just hurry up and go away so they can deny it has ever existed. Staff Sergeant Stillwater, formerly of Special Weapons, now haunts the edge of the Special Projects, working on dismantling the Special Weapons program. Among such projects is the long standing FEMA mandate. Continuity of the United States government even after a nuclear war. That has led him to the Rocky Mountains, to an old abandoned and forgotten underground facility. Built by FEMA in the 1950's, what scattered data exists suggests its a small facility, one or two levels. A quick job so that Stillwater can return to the arms of his young wife. Except that an old family saying is about to come true. Old dark places Attract old dark things.

Anthony Stillwater, now a civilian, lives in a small town on the coast of Oregon and has spent years putting his past behind him after the events of Kilo-61. Even though the War on Terror is in full swing, he has stayed away from the military and contents himself tending bar and being with his family, declining repeated offers for him to return to duty, even defying a direct order to report to Fort Lewis. The US military has decided to reactivate bases shut down at the end of the Cold War during the 1991 European drawdown without any regard for history. Unknown to Stillwater, something dark and terrible has been awoken in an old dark place, something that Anthony Stillwater has experience surviving, something that over a decade later wakes him up screaming. The chains of honor, duty, loyalty, and courage will be pulled tight around his throat, choking him and pulling him down back into Hell. In the words of the late Command Sergeant Major Tiernan Stillwater: "The more things change, the more they stay the same. Nothing truly changes."

Wattys 2018 Longlist Book! Desert Storm had been a disaster for Sergeant Cromwell. Out of the thirty men and women that had made up the reformed Actual, only a handful survived the bitter combat that took place toward the end of the Ground War. Among the fallen on those blood soaked sands were Anthony Stillwater and John Bomber. Upon the unit's return to Germany, 2/19th Special Weapons had been decommissioned, and Chief Warrant Officer Henley betrayed Cromwell by sending her to Warrant Officer School straight from Walter Reed Army Hospital, denying her closure with her friend's death and being present for the unit that had been her home closing down. Now she has found herself in First Cavalry Division, the sole Warrant Officer of Charlie Company, 15th Forward Support Battalion, and the only Special Weapons soldier in the Battalion. Feeling out of place in her first non-Special Weapons posting, Cromwell is doing her best to adapt to a military that seems almost embarrassed by her very existence and a unit that is nothing like her previous hardship station. But in Special Weapons, nothing is ever easy.