A Child's War (Short Story)
A Child's War
Book Information
| Book Name | A Child's War |
| Type | Short Story |
| Format | Epub |
| Status | Published |
| Genre | Action |
| Setting | Fera World |
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Summary
A soldier left to die on The Front waits for rescue, only for Colonel Hildegunde von Vernichtung to drop in like an angel.
An angel of death.
Blurb
"A Child's War" is a harrowing short story set during a wartime assault in Fera's "The Third War of Alrussian Aggression", 1934. From the perspective of an Ilmarian soldier whom finds himself trapped in the midst of a brutal battle on the front lines, the soldier is confronted by a mysterious and deadly young girl, Colonel Hildegunde von Vernichtung.
This dark and suspenseful narrative explores the moral complexities of war, the brutal realities faced by soldiers on the front lines, and the chilling actions taken in the name of military strategy and secrecy.
Plot
An unnamed soldier serving on The Front during The Third War of Alrussian Aggression heads out into the battlefield as part of an engagement. The Soldier is wounded and takes cover in a destroyed building, spending days alone; he sits guarding the approach hoping that someone might rescue him.
That is when Colonel Hildegunde von Vernichtung arrives. Dropping into the building using her special fligt equipment, Hildegunde was on a mission deep into enemy lines, attempting to sew disorder behind the lines between several factions and cultures within the Alrussian Army as part of the Special Deep Air Insertion Division.
Asking her if she was there to rescue him, she laughs and tells him she was going to kill him to keep him quiet. Doing so and destroying the body with grenades he had saved as to keep her mission secret.