Introduction: They sent Colonel ‘Sly’ Harris to investigate a murder in Antarctica. They didn’t mention the portal—or what lay beyond.When Special Forces veteran Sly Harris is assigned to a remote research station buried deep beneath the ice, he expects a straightforward op: sweep the facility, track down whoever killed the base’s caretaker, and recover classified materials.But Area 71 is anything but routine. Something ancient stirs beneath the ice—and an invisible killer is loose inside the base. When the mission turns deadly, Sly and his team are dragged through a gateway into a savage new world where monsters are real, magic has teeth, and survival is far from guaranteed.Now stranded and separated from his team, Sly’s only ally is Gus—an experimental AI lodged in his brain, recently awakened and irritatingly sarcastic. Gus brings one advantage: it can mimic the skills of Sly’s missing squadmates and upload them as needed.If Sly wants to bring his people home, he’ll have to survive this hostile world, navigate its dangerous politics, and trust an AI with a secret.Military sci-fi collides with epic fantasy in a high-stakes portal adventure packed with action, mystery, dark humor, and a snarky AI that just won’t shut up....