Beyond the Pale (2024-)

The casualty reports from Firebase Tartarus show a disturbing pattern for the black soldiers stationed there. Most are listed as missing, their final moments unrecorded. War correspondent Hetta Sawyer has arrived in the Vietnamese highlands, tracing these specific losses that official channels refuse to explain. The jungle around the firebase is dense and quiet, a stark contrast to the frantic radio traffic from other sectors. Local whispers speak of something moving in the fog that clings to the mountain at night. Sawyer’s investigation is a solitary one, conducted between mortar barrages and the oppressive humidity, where every document she reviews feels like a piece of a puzzle with no edges.