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Lawrence of Arabia's seminal work charts his time with British Military Intelligence in the Levantine territories, during the wars with the Turks. The manuscript is candid and action-packed (and was entirely re-written after Lawrence lost the original manuscript whilst changing trains).

Im Mittelpunkt steht der mittellose Schneider Wenzel Strapinski, der aufgrund seiner eleganten Kleidung für einen Grafen gehalten wird und ungewollt in eine Welt von Wohlstand und Anerkennung gerät. Die Nacherzählung folgt dem Handlungsverlauf der Novelle, macht ihre Ironie und soziale Kritik deutlich und zeigt, wie leicht gesellschaftliche Zuschreibungen entstehen – und wieder zerbrechen.

An all-out war within humanity has been narrowly avoided, and peace is finally at hand. Yeah, right. Human ships are being taken, their crews disappearing. Has an old enemy returned? Or has the galaxy revealed a new threat? With humanity’s very existence at stake, Rev and the Perseus Union Marines have to put old rivalries aside and help form a last line of defense if the human race is going to have a fighting chance to survive.