After returning home from the war SGT. Daniel McManus spends his days training the next round of new recruits, and his nights haunted by feverish dreams of a war he can't escape. When McManus is informed that his squad leader and friend SSG. Cross has gone A.W.O.L., he is given 48 hours to find him and bring him safely back within the walls of the Garrison.As McManus searches for Cross it becomes increasingly apparent that his friend has gone insane and that unless McManus finds Cross the unimaginable will happen. Soon McManus starts to unravel a mystery that has its origins in a war he thought he had left behind. What follows is an intense journey through an unseen world ruled by ritualistic codes of duty. Within the Garrison, honor and passion will collide, exploding in an unforgettable and breathtaking climax.