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Seventy years of service to the British Empire culminated in an unlikely partnership between Oblivion and Fogg, close friends bound by shared duty. After a fateful night in post‑World War II Berlin, a hidden truth shatters their bond, forcing them back into the murky corridors of history and the Retirement Bureau from which no one can truly retire. Facing the blood‑stained fields of their earlier wartime exploits, the duo must answer a single, impossible question: what truly makes a hero? Their journey weaves through themes of violence, time travel, and reluctant heroism, set against a backdrop of fantasy and crime‑writing intrigue.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Science Fiction/Military Science Fiction
Authors: Lavie Tidhar
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