The Problem for Zach, West Pointer and Ranger - the ambush and his wounds, for Diana, the hard charging Blackhawk pilot and Zach's former lover - being shot down and taken hostage, and Professor Treille, the Vietnam veteran, instructor of military history, and alcoholic - who stands to lose his job and wife. The West Pointers must come of age after a failed hostage rescue mission during the last days of war in Afghanistan. The professor ironically becomes Zach's mentor. Can he save the fallen warrior from the same torment, fl ashbacks, and guilt that have infected Treille's entire life