Waiting For The Barbarians
For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement, ignoring the impending war between the barbarians and the Empire, whose servant he is. But when the interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy for the victims, and into a quixotic act of rebellion which lands him in prison.
Dark & BroodingThought-ProvokingMysteriousQuietly DevastatingWhat Does It All Mean?The Corruption of PowerEthical Complicity in OppressionExistential Isolation
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