Then suddenly, the bell clanged again, louder. The train lurched forward with a jolt. The platform began to slide away. The man’s face blurred past…
He thought of the officer’s questions at the gang plank and how close they had come to being turned away. And he thought of the…
A woman on a platform who would look at William and see someone she recognized, someone she had known, someone she believed she owned. And…
He taught them to estimate range using known dimensions to read wind from vegetation movement to account for mirage in heat and for temperature gradients…
The relief crew approached from an interior stairwell, meaning Zitzv could not shoot them on their way in. But when the gun fired, the muzzle…

The German infantryman lay motionless in the shallow ditch, his breath shallow, eyes fixed on the treeine 200 m distant. Morning light crept across the…
For a brief, fragile moment, she allowed herself to believe the hardest part might be over. Then a man sat down directly beside her. Ellen’s…
Runaways caught here faced public punishment designed to terrify others into submission. The city’s patrols were legendary, its citizens vigilant, its courts merciless. If there…
Her hands trembled even when she wasn’t trying to appear sick. William emerged from the rear car, trunk on his shoulder, eyes scanning the platform.…
He belongs to my family,” Ellen said, but even to her own ears, the words sounded hollow. The officer stepped closer, lowering his voice so…
