but it would kick off the war we had all been dreading.

the radio

“But of Washington itself, nothing remains.”

vermilion

Camps had a grisly connotation, and that sort of talk was not going to help anyone.

all the powers of the president were currently invested in him.

URGED TO AID THE UKRAINE

… oh God. We are Go for launch.”

The brown faces ranged from a magnolia tan to a deep blue-black, with no one who was even as light as Myrtle.

stood out like a dirty handkerchief dropped on a clean table