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historical-amnesia
Characters display ignorance or disbelief about historical facts such as the 'United States' and the Fourth Pennamite War, indicating a lost or altered collective memory.
1 chapter across 1 book
The Forest of Time (2017)Michael F. Flynn
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In this chapter, Oberleutnant Rudolf Knecht, a scout for the Army of the Kittatinny, cautiously returns to Fox Gap Fortress carrying troubling news of shifting alliances between the Knick and Yankee forces. He encounters a disoriented stranger with a map referencing the 'United States,' a concept unknown to Knecht, highlighting the alternate historical setting. The chapter ends with Knecht and Festungskommandant Vonderberge discussing the stranger's seemingly insane claims and the forgotten history of the Fourth Pennamite War.