Miranda Ridley was a Sergeant in the US Military. After making a life threatening mistake in the field she is demoted and sent back to California. After begging and pleading for her job back her superior officers make a deal: if she can prove that she can make smart, lifesaving decisions then she would be allowed back on the battle field. But no one told her what that would entail.

During the war winter grew longer and colder. It was snowing the day I lost my partner.