Five months after being deployed to Iraq, Lima Company's 1st Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, found itself in Fallujah, embroiled in some of the most intense house-to-house, hand-to-hand urban combat since Word War II. Award-winning author and historian Patrick O'Donnell stood shoulder to shoulder with this modern band of brothers as they march and fought through the streets of Fallujah, and he stayed with them as casualties amounted. In this riveting first-hand account, he captures not only the sights, sounds, and smells of gritty street combat, but also the human drama of brotherhood and sacrifice in a platoon of heroes.

Boots -- A grunt's grunt -- Into the cauldron -- Trojan horses -- Feints -- The die is cast -- "I'm gonna take you to hell" -- "Steel rain" -- "Allahu Akbar" : God is great -- Back into the fray -- A whiter shade of pale -- "So far together" -- Full circle -- The wolves of Islam -- D9s -- Best -- Requiem -- Home.