Harry Turtledove’s rousing saga of a fantastic world at war, which began in Into the Darkness and continued through Darkness Descending, Through the Darkness, Rulers of the Darkness, and Jaws of Darkness, draws to its climactic conclusion in Out of the Darkness.
As the Derlavaian War rages into its last and greatest battles, allied nations maneuver for positions against each other in a postwar world. But before that time can come, the forces of Algarve, Unkerlant, and their allies must clash a final time, countering army with army and battle magic with ever-more-powerful battle magic. In the midst of it all, the people the war has battered and reshaped must struggle to face their greatest individual challenges, as loves are shattered and found, terrible crimes avenged… and some journeys end forever. And the end of the war may not bring peace… — Book promo @ fantasticfiction.com
Tehran took the heaviest bombardment yet. Again. I know I wrote that sentence yesterday too. Strikes across residential neighbourhoods, police stations, a hospital in Bushehr where footage shows newborns being evacuated. The IDF claims 113 waves across western and central Iran. 5,000 airstrikes. 1,600 sorties. Iranian state media puts the death toll at 1,045.
The IRGC announced wave 20 of ballistic launches today. Twenty. And for the first time, incoming ballistic missiles hit the centre of Tel Aviv without sirens going off. Read that again. No sirens.
Siren warning to impact time in Israel has been reduced from 15 minutes to 2 minutes.
I understand the rhetoric coming out of Washington and Jerusalem is impressively fearsome. But the thing is, this is a country that lost 15,000 civilians during 80 days of missile attacks during the Iran-Iraq War out of a total of 450,000 fatalities during the eight years of the war.
They didn’t surrender then, so why would they even be thinking about surrendering now? Especially when the global economy that sustains the US and Israeli war machines is a matter of weeks, and possibly just days, away from breaking down. — Killing Isn’t Winning by Vox Day