小隊

Without warning, Russian troops come ashore in Hokkaido, and Japan is fighting a land war for the first time since 1945. Adachi, a junior officer in the Self-Defence Forces, commands a platoon dug in outside Kushiro, waiting for an enemy that edges toward his position. Days of dull camp routine pass under a strain unlike anything he has known, and his thoughts keep drifting to a girlfriend who does not answer his messages. Why the invasion happened, or what Tokyo is deciding, is barely mentioned: the story stays down at the level of roads, trenches, unit sizes and lines of fire. When combat finally breaks out, it pays no attention to anyone's private worries, and the narrative follows, moment by moment, what being under fire does to the men caught in it.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

157 pages in the original

Genres

War, Speculative (assigned by AI)

Set in

Japan

First published

2020 by Bungeishunju

Author's age

30 when first published

ISBN

9784163913384 (original)