Catégorie : 🇬🇧 Night in English

Gao Base, Mali — February 18th 2015, 09:15 hours. — “He… he exists?”Corporal Dubois struggles to hold the officers’ gaze.His hands tremble. The bandage around his head feels too tight.Dark circles hollow his eyes — the night before was filled with nightmares. — “We know. He’s not just a rumour from the mess hall,” says…

Afghanistan — September 6th, 2007, 17:00 In a desert valley, a road winds its way along.Three pickup trucks speed by. In the back of the middle one sits John Keller, a young CIA agent.His hands are tied. His face is bruised.Around him, armed men shout in Arabic and Pashto, laugh, and shove him with the…

Paris, March 2015 – Boulevard Mortier. Inside a meeting room: a round table, six chairs, five officers.Four of them are furious — at the fifth.A camera is fixed directly on him. General Armand Delcourt of the DGSE begins:— “We are gathered here to determine whether the Adrar operation was a success… or a fiasco.” He…

Keller stops on the pavement, facing the building.Before him, the headquarters of The Dark Unit rises with austere precision.The main façade — smooth, glass, slightly curved — mirrors a grey sky. To the left, a rectangular hangar stretches out, clad in dark steel, its loading bays perfectly aligned.Three metallic letters above the entrance read simply:…

The Birth The sun stands high at its zenith. The mountain air of Wardak drifts down into the valley.Hoe in hand, Hassan straightens up.From the village, cries of joy echo — a shout, then a newborn’s cry. He’s a grandfather!Azim’s first child has arrived. Hassan hurries back, drops the tool and strides towards the family…