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Life During Wartime

Life During Wartime

The Braxiatel Collection has been occupied by the Fifth Axis. This shouldn't have happened: Brax picked this place to be safe, and surely he knows the history of time and space?

Bernice and her friends find themselves living under a military government. Bev joins the resistance. Adrian is thrown into a prison camp for aliens. Jason finds a comfortable little niche for himself in the new administration. Bernice's half-human son, Peter, is now under threat every minute of every day.

Bernice finds herself caught in the middle of the occupation, her old friends, and her desperate need to protect her child.

25 brand-new short stories all about Benny and her extended “family”: Jason, her ex-husband and all-round git; Irving Braxiatel, enigmatic owner of The Braxiatel Collection, a planetoid which houses a fantastic art and artefact gallery; Bev Tarrant, art thief and adventerurer; Adrian Wall, the Killoran architect and builder and father of Peter, Benny's son. These are the tales of how they, and the others that surround them, cope under a military occupation. How they face life during wartime...

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Stories in this collectable:

Bernice Summerfield Anthologies

1. The Fall

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2. Careless Talk

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3. The Birthday Party

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4. Five Dimensional Thinking

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5. Meanwhile, in a Small Room, a Small Boy…

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6. Lockdown Conversations: 1

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7. The Price of Everything

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8. Hit

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9. The Garden of Whispers

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10. Lockdown Conversations: 2

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11. The Crystal Flower

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12. Midrash

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13. Fear of Corners

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14. The Traitors

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15. Paths Not Taken

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16. Every Picture Tells a Story

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17. Fluid Prejudice

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18. Suffer the Children

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19. Drinking with the Enemy

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20. Lockdown Conversations: 3

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21. Passing Storms

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22. Speaking Out

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23. The Peter Principle

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24. Lockdown Conversations: 4

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25. A Bell Ringing in an Empty Sky

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