Dragons of Paris: A Tor Original by Michael Swanwick

Author:Michael Swanwick [Swanwick, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Action & Adventure, Alternative History, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical, Steampunk
ISBN: 9781250385499
Google: 0yErEQAAQBAJ
Amazon: B0DKCVSCRH
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 2024-10-18T00:00:00+00:00

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Against all odds, the first person Ritter saw when he reached FHQ was his CO, General Garnett. The general was being loaded onto a stretcher by two junior officers. As Fischer had foreseen, he was screaming in pain and one arm was so badly burned it was obvious he would lose it. A third soldier was bringing up an ambulance, leaning out the window to shout obscenities at those in his way. Behind them all, the tents crackled merrily.

Ritter had sufficient rank to take command. But the men were handling the situation calmly and capably. He stood back to avoid interfering with their work.

Not so Fischer. “The general can still be saved,” he said, plucking at one soldier’s sleeve. His eyes were moist with tears. “Forget the ambulance. Run him over to the field surgery unit on foot. The dragons won’t attack there—the Mongolian Wizard has orders to seize all the medical personnel that can be found.”

But the soldiers, ignoring what they obviously thought a madman, loaded the general into the ambulance, and drove him directly into the third pass of the dragon.

Fischer was crying now, openly and without shame. “They never listen to me,” he said. “Why do they never listen?”

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