Julian, heir to a Wall Street old-money family, is exiled by his ruthless father to Blackwood Military Academy—a school famed for its "iron and masculinity"—after publicly coming out. This is the only condition for him to eventually attend a top design school in Paris. There, he is forced into an elite tactical squad led by Tristan, the academy's "Alpha legend" and son of the commandant. Tristan sees the delicate New York heir as dead weight and makes his life miserable. But amid the mud, sweat, and raw testosterone of bullying and resistance, an undeniable physical attraction sparks between them—in locker rooms and late-night trenches. When the ruthless academy code, the commandant's homophobic crackdown, and his rival's scheming tactics converge, Tristan faces an impossible choice: secure his Pentagon recommendation—or declare war openly, before the entire academy, for his boy.
