time-continuum-disruption
Mike worries that saving over 500 soldiers who were not meant to survive has caused significant changes to the timeline, potentially affecting major battles and the war's outcome.
1 chapter across 1 book
Blackout (2011)Connie Willis
In this chapter, Mike, a war correspondent recovering in a hospital after being injured at Dunkirk, struggles with the consequences of his actions that may have altered the course of World War II. Despite medical advice to stay for surgery, he is desperate to leave and return to his mission, facing bureaucratic hurdles, physical limitations, and suspicion from locals as he attempts to travel to Saltram-on-Sea. The chapter highlights his internal conflict about the impact of his interference and the practical difficulties of navigating wartime England as a displaced and injured outsider.