Ashwin

“You may step down from the witness stand, Miss Chance,” Judge Emerson said. Sarah got up slowly, walked on shaking legs and sat down next to her attorney. She could feel every eye in the courtroom staring at her.”
― Mark Nolan, Dead Lawyers Don't Lie

“Jon! Jon! Please come and get me! Jon! Jon!” He tried to move, but he was paralyzed. He willed himself to move. But he was frozen. All of a sudden, an ominous thunderous roar, and the tiny figure was swallowed in a cloud of dust and ash as the building descended at speed, the smell of burning fuel thick in the air, the screaming unrelenting.”
― J.B. Turner, Hard Road

“Your time is up,” she said, punching buttons in the air. A woman walked into the Pacyfik Head’s office a moment later. “The deputy head will relieve you of your duties,” the Chief said, glaring at the man. “You are being reassigned to combat duty.” She didn’t wait for a response before moving on to another screen .”
― Brandt Legg, The List Keepers

“Yes, Camp Vrede.” It was one of the deadliest incidents in the alliance’s fight for peace. The large base was located near the Kuwait, Iraq and Saudi Arabia tri-border, its presence there sanctioned by the three countries, which welcomed its assistance in maintaining the area’s stability. The attack, by insurgents who opposed the alliance’s presence in the region, came in the middle of a heavy desert storm, and the number of dead and injured was high. Donovan remembered the incident clearly, USFID had been one of the agencies put on alert following it. “The United States lost people there, too,” he said. “Fifty-nine were killed there that day.”
― A. Claire Everward, Oracle's Diplomacy