Nemesis

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 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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]