Book Excerpt for the Day

     “We’re the military.  We remember everything.  For instance, we remember how the Russians defeated Napoleon and his Grande Armée after he invaded Moscow in 1812 with overwhelming force.”

    The robot was silent.  It stared into Stern’s eyes without expression.  Stern blinked first, necessarily.

    “They burned everything, Dr. Kline,” he continued, voice dropping.  “They destroyed their own homes to starve out the enemy.  Without shelter, the French troops froze.  Without anything to eat, they starved.”

    “And so did the Russian peasants,” replied Kline.

    (from The Andromeda Evolution by Daniel H. Wilson)

 

    8*/10.  The complete review is here.

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