The Siege of Burning Grass: Shortlisted for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

Antiwar activist Alefret, locked up in a secret prison and tortured, is offered a chance of freedom, ordered into one of the enemy’s flying cities to provoke his fellow pacifists into rising against their rulers. He should refuse to serve the warmongers, but what if he could end this pointless war once and for all?

Activistul anti-razboi Alefret, inchis intr-o inchisoare secreta si torturat, i se ofera o sansa la libertate, fiind ordonat sa se duca intr-unul dintre orasele zburatoare ale inamicului pentru a-si provoca colegii pacifisti sa se ridice impotriva conducatorilor lor. Ar trebui sa refuze sa-i serveasca pe sustinatorii razboiului, dar daca ar putea pune capat acestui razboi fara sens odata pentru totdeauna?