In the jagged, ice-choked silence of a remote mountain range, where the air is too thin for the weak and the shadows are deep enough to swallow an entire army, a team of elite Army Rangers stood on the precipice of a mission that would define their careers. The operation was designed to last exactly 45 minutes. In the world of high-stakes special operations, time is a physical weight, and for these soldiers, every ticking second was a choice between successful extraction and a permanent home in the frozen soil. The objective was singular and uncompromising: infiltrate a fortified subterranean…
