Chapter 5, Apostolic Way, Change of Heart, Part 1

[rthstewart]

Chapter 5, Change of Heart, Part 1 is finally posted.  A huge thanks to snacky  who helped with some invaluable editorial advice. 

And so we return to the non-linear point of view of Asim bin Kalil and being moving away from the visions of The Dawn Treader to other things.  Some of this is a bit repetitive (but a lot less so than it was, thanks Snacky).

Also, we meet here and then in much greater detail in the next chapter, Col. Tom Clark, his son, Jack, and their housekeeper, Ruby.  It bears noting that there is an important commander in the Operation Torch planning, Major General Mark Clarke -- he has no relation to Tom.

A few notes. 
The details of the Torch planning were from here, and some other places.  The information about Bletchley Park operations comes from this book, which was on my shelf until I managed to leave it on an airplane. 

The "Maudlin and Monstrous Pile" that housed the codebreakers, the Bletchley Park mansion, is described in hilarious architectural detail here.

Asim mentions the Long Range Desert Group and I just adore this picture of them, courtesy of the New Zealand government



As for the history of military chocolate in the US, I refer you to the Hershey website

Yum yum

Comments

[keeperofqkeys.livejournal.com]

Oh! So I forgot a comment in my review on ff.n--the idea of Richard's broken truck axles strewn across the countryside. Delightful image, that. Between him breaking axles and Mary igniting internal combustion engines, it's a miracle they can manage on anything more advanced than horse and buggy!

[rthstewart.livejournal.com]

The original Richard scene was longer and with Asim, out of sequence and Mary was there, and well, about half of it ended up being cut. The scene, shorter though it is, is still redundant and doesn't really add a lot except as bridge to get from Asim and the War to Edmund. But, that line about the broken truck axels is one I've wanted to use for two years and it never fit before. Terrible of me, but sometimes, I'll construct scenes or characters just to accommodate lines I want to use. That's how I ended up with Evil Banker Morgan.

[varnafinde.livejournal.com]

And you give us such delightful scenes and characters that way.

Scenes even as bridges are great.