Comrades-in-Arms
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by Rita Oakes
Long before "Don't ask don't tell," gays served in the military--sometimes openly--more often in secret. In this volume the author imagines what their lives might have been like. Within, you will find tales of historical fiction mixed occasionally with supernatural horror, including:
· A French fusilier fighting guerrillas and growing disillusionment in Napoleonic Spain
· Soldiers encountering the unthinkable during the 1812 occupation and retreat from Moscow
· A good-natured Wiltshire man finding companionship and courage amid the muck and misery of the Western Front
· A downed American airman realizing everyone is not quite as they seem as he takes refuge with a band of Polish partisans during World War II; and more.
Comrades-in-Arms offers tales of battles and the aftermath, of comradeship, loss, duty, and discovery.
Paperback, 258 pages
Long before "Don't ask don't tell," gays served in the military--sometimes openly--more often in secret. In this volume the author imagines what their lives might have been like. Within, you will find tales of historical fiction mixed occasionally with supernatural horror, including:
· A French fusilier fighting guerrillas and growing disillusionment in Napoleonic Spain
· Soldiers encountering the unthinkable during the 1812 occupation and retreat from Moscow
· A good-natured Wiltshire man finding companionship and courage amid the muck and misery of the Western Front
· A downed American airman realizing everyone is not quite as they seem as he takes refuge with a band of Polish partisans during World War II; and more.
Comrades-in-Arms offers tales of battles and the aftermath, of comradeship, loss, duty, and discovery.
Paperback, 258 pages
"Oakes’s collection of vivid wartime historical fiction spans several conflicts and countries....The realistic and often disturbing imagery lends depth and life." - Publishers Weekly
"Gorgeously moody, Rita Oakes's elegant writing vibrates with the horrors of war and equally so with the unexpected beauty that keeps those horrors at bay. Rich in historical detail and human insight, these stories wrap themselves around you and imprint you with their spell, leaving you changed for having read them; Oakes's characters live and breathe, lingering after the book is closed. Comrades-in-Arms is a collection to be savored and revisited. Highly recommended." - Christopher Cevasco, publisher of Paradox Magazine
"Gorgeously moody, Rita Oakes's elegant writing vibrates with the horrors of war and equally so with the unexpected beauty that keeps those horrors at bay. Rich in historical detail and human insight, these stories wrap themselves around you and imprint you with their spell, leaving you changed for having read them; Oakes's characters live and breathe, lingering after the book is closed. Comrades-in-Arms is a collection to be savored and revisited. Highly recommended." - Christopher Cevasco, publisher of Paradox Magazine