Independent Hearts (PROSE: "Michael Brookhaven" [+]Part of The Book of the War, Loading...{"namedep":"Michael Brookhaven","1":"The Book of the War (novel)"}) or Independent Souls was a 1992 film that Michael Brookhaven executive produced and co-wrote under the pseudonym "Steven Gabell". (PROSE: "Brookhaven: A Filmography" [+]Part of The Book of the War, Loading...{"namedep":"Brookhaven: A Filmography","1":"The Book of the War (novel)"})
It reframed the American War of Independence by casting General Howe as a war criminal whose men committed cannibalism, rather than as a principled leader. Brookhaven tried justifying this to his superiors by claiming it was a reflection of the House Military's crimes against the Remote. (PROSE: "Michael Brookhaven" [+]Part of The Book of the War, Loading...{"namedep":"Michael Brookhaven","1":"The Book of the War (novel)"})