Splendor from Darkness
William Davey
- When
- Allied
- Forces
- were
- engaging
- Rommel
- in
- North
- Africa
- during
- World
- War
- Two,
- as
- usual
- the
- frontline
- troops
- had
- the
- heaviest
- casualties.
- So
- when
- Act.
- Sgt.
- Michael
- Santini
- is
- successful
- in
- almost
- single-handedly
- guiding
- his
- depleted
- and
- miss-matched
- international
- Special
- Forces
- squad
- through
- a
- rear-guard
- defense
- of
- a
- temporary
- retreat
- in
- the
- Kasserine
- Pass,
- while
- personally
- surviving
- hand-to-hand
- combat
- and
- a
- violent
- tank
- attack,
- he
- counts
- himself
- lucky
- when
- he's
- only
- wounded.
- He's
- already
- found
- that
- not
- all
- of
- his
- battles
- are
- against
- the
- Germans,
- but
- in
- a
- rear-echelon
- hospital
- where
- he
- imagined
- he
- was
- safe,
- the
- fight
- for
- his
- life
- intensifies.
- Falsely
- charged
- with
- rape,
- a
- wartime
- offense
- punishable
- by
- death,
- his
- existence
- suddenly
- depends
- upon
- the
- outcome
- of
- a
- wildly
- psychological
- Courts-Martial.
- Later
- thrown
- together
- in
- an
- espionage
- mission
- in
- Southern
- France
- with
- the
- conniving
- nurse
- that
- tried
- to
- eliminate
- him,
- New
- York
- taxi
- driver
- Santini
- finds
- that
- destiny
- has
- plans
- for
- him
- different
- than
- he
- had
- ever
- imagined.
- Beautifully
- conceived
- and
- masterfully
- written,
- Splendor
- from
- Darkness
- was
- basically
- done
- between
- 1945
- and
- 1960
- and
- then
- refined
- over
- the
- next
- 50
- years
- during
- constant
- family
- conflict.
- Davey's
- mother,
- then
- remarried,
- used
- her
- International
- Harvester
- fortunes
- to
- suppress
- Splendor
- and
- other
- manuscripts,
- paying
- publishers
- to
- keep
- them
- out
- of
- print.
- This
- publication
- is
- a
- testament
- to
- William
- Davey's
- perseverance
- against
- a
- lifetime
- of
- unjustified
- malicious destructiveness.
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