With Mystery at its back, Pieces of metal turn up in the Mountains and foothills of Japan's Northern Peninsula which are investigated and turn out to be of modern origin. Chapter 3 is up, and its my longest chapter yet in any novelization or story.

DELAYED. Nikolai Cross, a twenty two year old officer freshly commissioned in the UNSC in early 2527, is assigned to a battered group of marines from the 17th Marine Division, who have already been fighting on the colony of Harvest for a year. In the eyes of the UNSC, survival for both Cross and his troops is optional. Victory is not. Can they make it through to the other side?