Youngstown Offensive — Mark Bordner

This installment of the series highlights the activities of the 83rd Marine Combat Regiment between episodes one and two. Young Minerva Carreno has endured the grueling transition from civilian to hardened Marine. She and the scores of other teenage graduates survive the D-Day landings across the North American Theater, only to face liberating city after city in the march to liberate Earth from alien occupation. Youngstown, Ohio is the next objective for the 1st Marine Division---The Mighty First---Minerva now needs to muster the strength to endure massive counter-assaults thrown at them by the Storian Empire's feared Royal Guard backed by five tank divisions. Find out how her unit struggles with inexperience, fear, and the inept tactical planning of their own battle commanders. A futuristic war drama with a WWII vibe that touches on Christian fiction.