After reconciling with the deaths of their close friends, Doherty and James, the former Marines of 1st squad 2nd platoon Bravo Co, must decide once again whether to follow Sgt. Parks into that familiar dark abyss of infamy. The guilt-stricken squad leader, coping with the loss of his men, sets out to begin his violent path of awakening retribution; but Parks will soon come to face the tortuous demons from his cruel self-inflicted past, resisting the inevitable fate that seems destined for the combat decorated Marine. 1st squad seeks the impossible; to save their beloved squad leader from his own demise and to complete an objective of unbridled vengeance. The squad knotted together by one desolate night outside Fallujah, zero-dark-thirty, that has since forever pledged the battle-fatigued Marines to one another for over two long decades, never loosening its grip, now threatens to upend the sanctity of their home and loved ones. How far down the rabbit hole will that war-torn bond take the Marines shadowing Sgt. Parks one final time into the desolate unknown?

About the Author

SSgt. Jacob Parkinson was born on an Air Force base in northern California. Parkinson moved to Texas at age 4, joined the United States Marine Corps at age 21. While serving with India Co 3/5, a boat company, a then Sgt. Parkinson and fellow squad leader, each lost half their squads, during the April 8, 2000, MV-22 Osprey crash in Marana, Arizona, on a first use infantry deployment of the experimental aircraft. Sgt. Parkinson would go onto serve one combat tour to the Al Anbar Province, Iraq, dubbed: The Red Triangle; from 2004-2005 as an infantry squad leader, Bravo Co 1/23. At the time, Sgt. Parkinson and his squad would stand defiantly against the cowardice of their platoon commander, outskirts of Fallujah, zero-dark-thirty. That moment in time would seal the concrete bond forged by 1st squad that lonely, infamous, November night for an eternity. SSgt. Parkinson graduated company honor-man from bootcamp (#1 out of 500), meritoriously promoted twice, recipient of several certificates of commendations and awarded the Navy Achievement Medal with ‘V’ for decisive actions taken towards the enemy during combat operations in the Anbar Province. Upon leaving the Marines, SSgt. Parkinson used his military benefits to achieve a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Rhode Island 2020.