I have always observed that when you despise your enemy, he gives you a damned rap over the knuckles.
I have always observed that when you despise your enemy, he gives you a damned rap over the knuckles.Lord MacLeod, 73rd Highlanders.
Admiral Hewitt studied the map of Eastern Sudan that spread across the wall behind his desk. He tapped a powerful finger on Tokar.
“Well, Windrush, here we are again. Another town in the middle of nowhere besieged by savages and another man proving his holiness by massacring everybody who disagrees with him.”
“Yes, sir,” Jack said.
“You’ve been out there, Windrush, and you’ve seen the quality of the opposition. How do you rate our chances of relieving Tokar by negotiations or force?”
Jack shook his head. “We’d need many more men than you presently have,
