Chapter 27 — The Liberation of the Camps

A serial novel in the form of correspondence among a family while the world as we know it collapses around us. I recommend you start at the Introduction:

https://medium.com/climate-for-change/climate-for-change-introduction-5331d5ab9313

But you can start anywhere you want.

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Chapter 27 — The Liberation of the Camps

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Dear Family,

First off, Benji is safe and sound. We rode all day on our snowmobiles and reached Ely around sundown the day before yesterday. We camped in some abandoned buildings. Then, at first light, we made out for the camp.

Based on Benji’s letter where he talked about setting land mines, I convinced the soldiers to approach the camp by driving on the frozen lake. We tried to stay close to the opposite shore from the camp and not out in the open so they could not see us coming from far away. When the Circle soldiers thought we couldn’t risk getting closer on the snowmobiles, we continued on snowshoes. We stayed on the ice but followed the shoreline in order be near the visual cover of the trees. We are dressed head to toe in white uniforms, which must have helped.

When we could finally see the camp, we took up a position and watched through a telescope. We dug holes in the windblown snow banks and had some lunch, while our spotter watched the camp to assess the defenses. He noticed where the guard towers are and…