Thirty years after Staff Sergeant Caleb Mercer hangs up his uniform, an impossible military order arrives at his home.
The letter bears no postage, no return address, and no explanation. It commands Caleb to report to Fort Mercy-an abandoned Army post erased from official maps-before midnight. He must enter through the East Gate, come alone, and prevent a mysterious bugler from completing the final call.
The order is signed by Private Amos Bell, a Buffalo Soldier who died more than a century ago.
Unable to ignore the command, Caleb travels to Fort Mercy and discovers a place where military history, supernatural forces, and buried secrets have converged. Behind the locked gates are forgotten records, sealed rooms, erased names, and soldiers whose service was deliberately removed from history. The men of the Ninth Lantern Detachment have waited generations for someone to uncover the truth and restore the honor stolen from them.
As the midnight bugle sounds, the past begins to awaken.
Caleb encounters spectral soldiers, hidden military files, coded orders, secret chambers, and powerful figures determined to keep Fort Mercy's history buried. Every clue draws him deeper into a mystery involving loyalty, sacrifice, corruption, and a mission that was never officially recorded. To free the dead and protect the living, Caleb must confront the burden of his own military past and decide whether he is willing to answer one final call.
The Midnight Bugle: The Final Call-Full-Color Graphic Novel Edition presents Caleb Mercer's supernatural military mystery through eighteen richly illustrated, cinematic chapters. Dramatic panels, historical imagery, military symbolism, and vivid full-color artwork bring Fort Mercy and the forgotten Buffalo Soldiers to life.
This graphic novel honors the courage of service members whose sacrifices were overlooked, misrepresented, or erased. It explores the responsibility of one generation to remember another and asks what happens when history refuses to remain silent.
Written for military-fiction readers, veterans, families of service members, graphic-novel enthusiasts, and anyone drawn to mysteries involving hidden history and supernatural suspense, The Midnight Bugle combines action, faith, military heritage, emotional struggle, and a powerful demand for truth.
Caleb Mercer entered Fort Mercy believing he had left the Army behind.
But some missions do not end when the uniform comes off.
Some orders cross generations.
Some names refuse to remain buried.
And some calls must be answered.
Robert L. Terry is a United States Army veteran, author, theologian, and founder of Scroll Bearer Press. He served as a Staff Sergeant and OH-58 scout-helicopter mechanic and crew chief, completing numerous deployments to the Middle East, including service during Desert Storm. His military experiences and commitment to preserving overlooked stories inspired the historical, spiritual, and supernatural themes of *The Midnight Bugle: The Final Call*.Terry holds a Bachelor of Science in Religion: Biblical and Theological Studies from Liberty University's School of Divinity. Through fiction, devotionals, poetry, and illustrated storytelling, he combines military history, faith, mystery, and the enduring importance of honor, remembrance, and truth. He believes that books are his pulpit and uses his writing to give a voice to those whose sacrifices must never be forgotten.
