Lieutenant Paul Benjamin has trained hundreds of officials in the art of commando warfare. Now, with fascism spread across Europe, partisans and militias everywhere need his help. In Albania, a struggling band of communist guerrillas find themselves outgunned and outmaneuvered by their Italian oppressors. With the help of Lieutenant Benjamin, they have become an elite fighting force, taking on bigger and more dangerous targets with each mission. They though the deep winter would keep them safe in their valley, but the people they’ve targeted are ruthless, and their means for retribution are inhuman.