and "Nick Ryan knows his craft, and his topic. His World War 3 stories are tightly-written, fast-moving, with great characters. and "- LARRY BONDCo-author of Tom Clancy's 'Red Storm Rising' and New York Times bestselling author of 'Red Phoenix'The Korean Peninsula saw some of the most savage fighting of the Third World War. Several American units covered themselves in fame and glory during the campaign, while some Companies went into battle with a black mark against their names.'Culprit' Company were troublemakers and misfits; outcast rebels with a reputation for ill-discipline and insubordination. But in the face of the enemy, they were the bravest of the brave.For the new recruits joining 'Culprit' Company as the Army advanced through the mud and blood towards Kaesong city on the North Korean border, their initiation to the fury of warfare was a brutal trial-by-fire from which only the toughest soldiers could ever hope to survive.From the book...As they moved forward, the Allied artillery opened up again, this time firing smoke to shield the advance from enemy fire. The rounds landed three hundred yards ahead of the infantry with a muted distinctive 'crump!' and bloomed into a white swirling curtain of haze.The column of Brads to the right of the infantry began to accelerate and Hector signalled for his men to keep up. They reached the fogbank of smoke and went through it like they were warily stepping across a threshold into a parallel universe.On the far side of the smoke, the attack force began funnelling into the mouth of the valley. Through the skeins of haze Hector saw the two hills rising on his flanks as the American attack was forced to compress. The Brads and the Abrams tanks changed course, squeezing towards the center where the infantry were still pushing manfully forward. Hector was struck by a sudden chill premonition of foreboding that ran like a jagged knife down his spine but before he opened his mouth to shout a warning, enemy machine guns opened fire and the world suddenly turned into a blood-soaked inferno.