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|featuring = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brig]] | |featuring = [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|The Brig]] | ||
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|setting = | |setting = [[1974]] | ||
|writer = [[Andy Frankham-Allen]] | |writer = [[Andy Frankham-Allen]] | ||
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|publisher = Candy Jar Books | |publisher = Candy Jar Books | ||
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|next = House of Giants (short story) | |next = House of Giants (short story) | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
Five years since Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart visited [[Inferno Earth|an alternate reality]], General James Gore - Alistair's 'brother' from that timeline - has been forcibly retired from the Vault and lives out his days in a government retirement home for other ex-spooks and spymasters. The staff are unaware of their charges' history and young attendant Rhys Rubery only knows Gore as a man who arranged him flying lessons. | |||
In the night, Gore sees the 'ghost' of [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Inferno Earth)|Brigade Leader Alastair Lethbridge Stewart]], screaming at being abandoned. Gore is rattled by the vision, especially at the knowledge his 'brother', raised by their father to be the perfect jackboot, had the sadism to reach Brigade Leader. That morning, the Brigadier visits Gore at the home and the two have a wary conversation. Their last interaction was when the Brigadier sent Gore a photo of himself and this timeline's James Lethbridge-Stewart as children; despite that, the Brig refuses to acknowledge Gore as being [[Kate Stewart|Kate's]] uncle. | In the night, Gore sees the 'ghost' of [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Inferno Earth)|Brigade Leader Alastair Lethbridge Stewart]], screaming at being abandoned. Gore is rattled by the vision, especially at the knowledge his 'brother', raised by their father to be the perfect jackboot, had the sadism to reach Brigade Leader. That morning, the Brigadier visits Gore at the home and the two have a wary conversation. Their last interaction was when the Brigadier sent Gore a photo of himself and this timeline's James Lethbridge-Stewart as children; despite that, the Brig refuses to acknowledge Gore as being [[Kate Stewart|Kate's]] uncle. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The events of ''[[The Schizoid Earth (novel)|The Schizoid Earth]]'' are referred to as happening | * The events of ''[[The Schizoid Earth (novel)|The Schizoid Earth]]'' are referred to as happening around five years ago, dating this story to 1974. | ||
* The Lethbridge-Stewarts had a meeting in the past, seen in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]''. | * The Lethbridge-Stewarts had a meeting in the past, seen in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]''. | ||
* It's revealed [[Edward Travers]] has died and the Vault was responsible. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]'') | * It's revealed [[Edward Travers]] has died and the Vault was responsible. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Night of the Intelligence (novel)|Night of the Intelligence]]'') | ||