An elite group of military men is formed from those who have faced danger, deprivation, and the devastating loss of comrades-at-arms as their world explodes around them. Seriously injured, they are sent home to recuperate and face a half-life—shadows of the men they used to be. No longer able to serve the King and Country they’ve spent more than a decade protecting, they are relegated to shadow status. Seen as half-a-man expected to retreat—to disappear, existing on half-pay…

Nightmares slither into the daylight hours to plague them. Rations are no longer provided; they must be purchased. Friends fade into the background as these heroes strive to protect their families and former friends from themselves…until they receive a missive from the Duke of Wyndmere requesting the honor of their presence on Monday next at his London town house on Grosvenor Square.