Man at War – Excerpt No. 193

“I for one am thankful that you look after your men,” Murphy said. “Had it not been for your hunch, we might all be dead.”

“You’ll never need to thank me,” Marc said. “Nor should the men ever be told.”

“Why shouldn’t they see the best of you?”

That was a good question, one that required Marc to provide further insight on his own motivations.

a surreal and vibrant cinematic photo of a British soldier receiving a medal from a general in a dramatic nighttime ceremony set amidst the desolate landscape of No Man's Land in 1915, with fellow soldiers looking on with pride, all dressed in authentic World War I uniforms and attire, surrounded by the eerie glow of flickering lanterns and the remnants of war, captured in a photorealistic style with a distressed film grain effect, evoking a sense of nostalgia and heroism, with the general's ornate medals and the soldier's humble pride taking center stage, under a dark and foreboding sky with clouds that seem to swirl in every direction.

Disclaimer: This novel is an work in progress and readers may encounter grammatical errors and inconsistencies. Please view this a draft and not a published work.



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