“The captain seemed mad. Perhaps he did not enjoy his trade. Many soldiers did not, when real warfare developed.”

— Michael Moorcock , book The Steel Tsar

Book 1, Chapter 10 “Lost Hopes” (p. 336)
The Steel Tsar (1981)

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