Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories by Ian Watson

Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories by Ian Watson

Author:Ian Watson [Watson, Ian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Alternative History, Fiction, General
ISBN: 9781845297794
Publisher: Constable & Robinson Limited
Published: 2010-05-04T07:00:00+00:00


Frank January would never know any of that. But in that moment on his cot looking into the eyes of young Patrick Getty, he guessed an inkling of it-he felt, just for an instant, the impact on history.

And with that he relaxed. In his last week everyone who met him carried away the same impression, that of a calm, quiet man, angry at Truman and others, but in a withdrawn, matter-of-fact way. Patrick Getty, a strong force in the January Society ever after, said January was talkative for some time after he learned of the missed attack on Kokura. Then he became quieter and quieter, as the day approached. On the morning that they woke him at dawn to march him out to a hastily constructed execution shed, his MPs shook his hand. The priest was with him as he smoked a final cigarette, and they prepared to put the hood over his head. January looked at him calmly. "They load one of the guns with a blank cartridge, right?"



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