Blown Periphery – Page 24

Némésis – Part 6

11th August 2019 Blown Periphery 2992 Comments

Ash Shaddadi, the Syrian Governorate of Al Hasakha, December 2017 They crossed the Kahbur River about five kilometres south of Ash Shaddadi at 08:45 the next morning. Ripley had picked up on the mood of [more…]

Némésis Part 5

4th August 2019 Blown Periphery 2749 Comments

Northern Iraq and the Syrian Governorate of Al Hasakha, December 2017 Ripley lay in the tarpaulin hammock, underneath an overhead poncho they had used to keep the sun out of her eyes. They were sensitive [more…]

Némésis Part 4

28th July 2019 Blown Periphery 2728 Comments

Northern Iraq, December 2017 Halward clambered up into the extremely cramped rear compartment of the Supacat. They had cleared a space so that Ripley could lie down. She was huddled in her sleeping bag plus [more…]

Némésis Part 3

14th July 2019 Blown Periphery 2340 Comments

Northern Iraq, December 2017 It was Sunday. Ripley had been kept awake by the wailing of the female fighters, mourning the death of the Peshmerga during the fighting of the previous day. They had buried [more…]

Némésis Part 2

7th July 2019 Blown Periphery 2827 Comments

Northern Iraq, November-December 2017 The Kurds were ostensibly Sunni Muslims although they seemed to display a rather more developed attitude towards the practice of their faith. The women generally covered their heads with either a [more…]

Némésis – Prologue

30th June 2019 Blown Periphery 2485 Comments

In this work of fiction I have used the term The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) rather than the more familiar Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The term Daesh (al-Dawlah [more…]