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It is the turn of the century in an England that never was. Bright new aqua-plants are generating electricity for the streetlights; news can be easily had on the radio-viz; and in Gundisalvus' Land, the war is over and the soldiers are beginning to trickle home. Amongst these is Lt. Benjamin Braddock, survivor of the massacre that ended the war, and begrudgingly ready to return to a world that, well, doesn't seem to need him any more than it did in peacetime. His friends have homes and families to return to, while he's got nothing but his discharge papers and a couple of unwanted medals. Oh, and one new the furious ghost of his commanding officer. Fortunately, since the officer's family is so vehemently adamant that Braddock join their rich and carefree fold, he doesn't have much time to fret about being haunted. But the secrets of the war are about to catch up to them all. "A steaming heap of self-indulgent drivel" - the author
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This was an interesting little book. Taking place in an alternate England during the Edwardian period with strange technology, no monarchy, and ghosts. A Postwar sci-fi dystopian novella. This is listed as a horror but I wouldn't say that it has any horror aspects unless you call one ghost horror. The MC has just returned from war with injuries that leave him unable to function properly and is visited nightly by his commanding officer who is dead. But it is not scary. It was a nicely written melancholy short story.