Germline (n): the genetic materials within a cellular lineage that can be passed to another era. Also (slang): top secret military program to develop genetically constructed supersoldiers.

One hundred years from now, Russia and the United States are at odds again. This time the war has truly gone sizzling hot. Heavily armored troops battle genetically constructed troops hundreds of meters below the icy, mineral-rich mountains of Kazakhstan.

War is Oscar Wendell’s ticket to greatness. A reporter for the Stars and Stripes, he has the just one-way ticket to the front lines. Leading smells of bloodstream and fire and death-it has the aroma of a Pulitzer.

But Kaz changes people, as well as the chaos of war feels a bit too much like home. Addicted to an unhealthy cocktail of medications and adrenaline, Oscar starts down a dark street that he won’t have the ability to turn back from.