Nick Andrews trained as a U.S. Army Ranger—disciplined, skilled, and prepared for the structured brutality of modern war. But nothing in his training could ready him for what awaited behind enemy lines in Korea.

After a mission unravels and he's left stranded in hostile territory, Nick is rescued—not by his comrades, but by an aging Korean fighter, a man shaped by decades of guerilla warfare and ancient codes of survival. With no shared language and no way home, Nick becomes the reluctant student of a warrior who fights not for politics or nations, but for honor, revenge, and the land beneath his feet.

As the bond between soldier and warrior deepens, Nick begins to see the war—and himself—through a different lens. But the price of survival is steep, and when he's forced to choose between what the Army trained him to be and what the war is making him become, Nick must decide: is he still a soldier... or something else entirely?