Tenth entry
**Tenth entry** "When I regained consciousness it was already dark. I didn't expect to still be alive. But apparently Hawkins has routed the Shrikers. Hawkins... so now he's dead too. None of the others survived either. The drones did a great job. I...
Ninth entry
**Ninth entry** "We're finally back on the road. It took longer than we had planned, but we were able to repair the engine. Who would have thought that old boots could be used as gaskets? Well, every mile we ride increases our motivation. We turned...
Eigth Entry
**Eigth Entry** "We had a stroke of luck. Instead of soldiers as expected, we came across refugees. A small group that has already made its way through Sepata. They must be heading in the same direction as us, they also want to get to Seruma. That's...
Seventh entry
**Seventh entry** "We got off with a black eye once again. We may have lost most of our equipment and most of our supplies, but at least we're still alive. Now it's time to find the next village. Unfortunately, we lost our map in the bombing along...
Sixth entry
**Sixth entry** "We may have got past the capital, but we have another loss to lament. Jones didn't make it. On the other hand, his sacrifice allowed us to survive. The Torekmetians would almost certainly not have left us alive if they had found out...
Fifth entry
**Fifth entry** "We stayed in the forest for a while, not that we had any choice with all the Torekmetians skulking around the forest. We were lucky with the fog, otherwise we would have run straight into the arms of the army. The others in the...
Fourth entry
**Fourth entry** "We lost Simsibar. He had probably come into too much contact with the poison in the grain. The refugees tried everything, but he didn't make it. The other three of us more or less survived. It seems to be a particularly insidious...
Third entry
We have murdered and stolen. i have shot men and not spared women and children." hiredeki looks at his hands and remembers the faces of the children. the priest looks at him long and hard before answering. "you have already received your punishment.
Second entry
**Second entry** "We've been here in this village for two weeks now. At our insistence, we were allowed to bury the bodies of the inhabitants. I still can't forget the faces of the children. The look on the Major's face will probably stay with me for...
First entry
"man, we're not child murderers!" the three look at each other uncertainly. then hiredeki hands one of his companions his rifle and walks towards the two children.
Prologue
**Prologue:** In an almost completely destroyed city, a young man rushes through the streets laden with rubble and ash. Again and again he looks around in fear. They are no longer there. His pursuers have lost him. But he still doesn't slow down. He...
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He pulled himself from the water, dragging his belly across the sand and pebbles. He heard her laughter nearby, high and cold. She lay nude along the rocks, ocean spray spreading goosebumps across the pale exposure of her porcelain skin, the dark blues...