This is the first chapter of a satire novel I am working on which aims to be 80-90,000 words upon its completion. Set in a near future where an invasion of the US during a world war is attempted and fails, the political culture of America is sent into a frenzy, resulting in males aged 16 and over being armed as part of citizen militias, with college campuses being turned into de facto military bases. The story follows a Marshal, a college student tasked with acting as an enforcer for the military, as he is forced into the political fervor that has swept the country.