Set during the winter of 1939 and 1940, Corporal Tero Toivanen serves his homeland of Finland against the invading Soviet Red Army who seek a buffer zone in Northern Europe against the aggression of Nazi Germany. Tero is a sniper, and although he s a veteran of his country s military, like all able young men, he has never seen real war. And this changes quickly as he s plunged directly into the fighting, where he sees plenty of death and destruction. As he moves through the bloody battles, he goes from skilled marksman to a cold-blooded killer. Part 1 of 4. "War is not glorious, it is not honorable; it is bloddy and violent and terrifying...a tremendous job portraying that." - Cosmic Book News