A downed bird, a dead radio, and one impossible promise. In a burned clearing that stings of cordite, the team known as Valiant One moves through ash. Their mission: escort a witness to the border before dawn. But their ride is gone, and time is running out. Under the hiss of a lone flare, they press on, reading the terrain like a ledger of debts owed to survival.
The first test comes in a mud...
