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And that, dear reader, is the trap.

Young Officer Giovanni Drogo receives his first posting: Fort Bastiani, an ancient, crumbling stronghold overlooking a vast, empty desert. It is a place where nothing happens. The legendary "Tartar enemy" is a myth, a rumor, a ghost. Drogo promises himself he will stay just a few months before returning to the glamour of the city. But the days blur into weeks, the weeks into years, and the desert’s hypnotic emptiness does its work. He waits. He waits for glory. He waits for the enemy. He waits for life to truly begin . il deserto dei tartari libro