A strange craft falls from the stars and crashes into the jungle near an isolated West African community. Inside, the locals discover the broken body of a man unlike any they have seen before โ a man who is perhaps something more than human. His name is Samara and he speaks with terror of a place c
Lament for the Afterlife
โ Scribed by Lisa L. Hannett
- Publisher
- ChiZine
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- ar-SA
- Weight
- 4 MB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
No one knows when the war against the greys began. There are theories, speculations, but the only certainties are air-raids, abductions, inner city explosions. Assaults are endless, swift and lethal; the enemy's stealth unsurpassed. Whispers have circulated for centuries, thoughts spinning from minds in visible wordwinds, clear for all to read, to wield, to steal. Where are the greys? When will they next strike? How can you attack something you can't see? And secretly, fearfully: Are the greys even real?
Spanning decades, LAMENT FOR THE AFTERLIFE follows one man as he negotiates the hostile territory of life after combat. Peytr Borysson comes from a long line of soldiers, but isn't born for fighting. His 'wind is better shaped for poetry than bullets. Even so, at sixteen he follows the local boys into battle -- and never quite leaves.
Interweaving Peytr's struggles with those of his family, Lament for the Afterlife takes readers to the frontlines and far beyond,...
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