Excerpt from The Red Planet So, out of this nightmare Of a face, the one beauti ful eye of Sergeant Marigold was bent on me, as he delivered his message. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

ウィリアム・ジョン・ロックが描く本作は、単なる戦記物ではありません。戦争という烈火が平穏な日常を飲み込む中、人間の内面に潜む勇気と臆病の相克を鋭く抉り出す心理ドラマの傑作です。負傷した退役軍人の視点から語られる言葉は、身体的な欠損を超えた魂の気高さを描き、読む者の倫理観を激しく揺さぶります。 凄惨な傷跡を残すマリーゴールド軍曹の造形に象徴されるように、外見の変貌と内なる誠実さの対比はあまりに美しく、残酷です。赤い惑星が暗示する戦争の狂気が、個人の秘めた過去や誇りをどう変容させるのか。ロックの端麗かつ情熱的な筆致は、時代を超えて真の英雄的価値を我々に問いかけ、読者の心に深い爪痕を残すことでしょう。