Dawn in India: British Purpose and Indian Aspiration (Paperback)

from nitehawk84

The Veteran is one of five novellas included in this book. Each one has an interesting twist. My favorite -- and the longest -- is titled Whispering Wind. It is the story of one of Lt. Col. George Custer's white scouts who survived the Little Bighorn battle. Although the main character is fiction...

from missmath144

5 stories -- Most of the storied started out and even continued pretty slowly and not overly interesting, but the endings were great surprises.

from missmath144

5 stories -- Most of the storied started out and even continued pretty slowly and not overly interesting, but the endings were great surprises.

from gmillar

I liked these stories, especially the last one called "Whispering Wind". Having said that, it was the only one that had an ending that was foreseeable for me. The others surprised me and I really liked that.

from scottcholstad

The Veteran is a book of five longish short stories by Forsyth, some of which are quite good, some of which are less so. Nearly all of them have somewhat surprising plot twists toward the end which give the reader a pretty good jolt. The first story, "The Veteran," is about the murder of an unide...