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Némésis – Book 2 Part 1

13th October 2019 Blown Periphery 3248 Comments

Headquarters Air Command RAF High Wycombe, January 2018 The two of them met in the conference room of A3 Operations, in one of the blocks above ground. It was a secure room that was regularly [more…]

The Mossdale Tragedy – Part One

10th October 2019 Blown Periphery 2950 Comments

History and Early Exploration of the Mossdale Caverns I have always been claustrophobic. Well, that’s not strictly true. I became claustrophobic when my brother locked me inside a cupboard when I was four. Why did [more…]

Némésis – Part 13

6th October 2019 Blown Periphery 2484 Comments

The Syrian Governorate Raqqa, December 2017. The city of Ar Raqqa Scheherazade Wherever she went in Raqqa, Ripley was constantly followed and almost inundated by children. She had made a mistake, even though she had [more…]

Némésis – Part 12

29th September 2019 Blown Periphery 3778 Comments

The Syrian Governorate of Al Hasakha, December 2017 Halward had spent a long time on the satellite comms link the previous night, as it took a considerable amount of time for the data-heavy image and [more…]

Némésis – Part 11

22nd September 2019 Blown Periphery 2990 Comments

The discoveries of ISIL atrocities described below have all happened and have been recorded by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. “They came to destroy”: ISIS Crimes Against the Yazidis. While the UN [more…]

Némésis – Part 10

15th September 2019 Blown Periphery 3044 Comments

A gentle reminder that this is fiction. I don’t make moral judgements on fictional characters, especially those operating in a morally ambiguous setting. If you find it upsetting, read the comments instead, although I know [more…]

Némésis – Part 9

1st September 2019 Blown Periphery 3496 Comments

Ash Shaddadi, the Syrian Governorate of Al Hasakha, December 2017 Ellis raised his carbine to kill the man who had dropped the grenade. It was a futile gesture because in the confined space of the [more…]

Némésis – Part 8

25th August 2019 Blown Periphery 2387 Comments

Ash Shaddadi, the Syrian Governorate of Al Hasakha, December 2017 Darkness was falling and they could smell the petro-chemicals from the oilfields out to the west. The winds had shifted round from the north and [more…]

Némésis – Part 7

18th August 2019 Blown Periphery 2866 Comments

Ash Shaddadi, the Syrian Governorate of Al Hasakha, December 2017 When Major Halward woke up the following morning there was frost on his sleeping bag. It was still dark while he pulled on his boots, [more…]