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.