On the Road to Oyutu
14 hrs. 16 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Maria Lunyova
Author
Maria Lunyova
Narrator
Yuna Odirleya
Narrator
Yuna Odirleya
“…My perfect and peaceful world collapsed in an instant. No, not then when the boys on magnet-cars raced through the streets, shouting, ‘War—Martian scum is coming!’ And not even then when an old neighbor woman knocked on our door and announced that military units were evacuating, and the civilian population was left to fate.
No, not fate—Martian soldiers, who turned out to be far more agile than the men from Earth.
No, my world collapsed a little later: when deserters burst into our house. We weren’t supposed to fear the enemy warriors. Not those who were called the scum of mankind.
Our own were the fiercest enemies!
Not all the soldiers wanted to leave. What awaited them after yet another tactical retreat? Another battle and another defeat? Death or injury? Many, realizing that victories for the Earthlings weren’t in sight, simply fled from their military units to live freely. They left, taking weapons with them.
They must have hoped that if they stripped the locals, they’d somehow scrape together a ticket to another star system. Everyone was rushing to where there was no war—and would have been glad to have any representative of the many races there, as long as there was a desire to work the land and develop lifeless planets—of which there are countless in our universe…”
No, not fate—Martian soldiers, who turned out to be far more agile than the men from Earth.
No, my world collapsed a little later: when deserters burst into our house. We weren’t supposed to fear the enemy warriors. Not those who were called the scum of mankind.
Our own were the fiercest enemies!
Not all the soldiers wanted to leave. What awaited them after yet another tactical retreat? Another battle and another defeat? Death or injury? Many, realizing that victories for the Earthlings weren’t in sight, simply fled from their military units to live freely. They left, taking weapons with them.
They must have hoped that if they stripped the locals, they’d somehow scrape together a ticket to another star system. Everyone was rushing to where there was no war—and would have been glad to have any representative of the many races there, as long as there was a desire to work the land and develop lifeless planets—of which there are countless in our universe…”
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