If hell was real, it was not built of eternal fire, of basalt and brimstone. Hell was cold—a world frozen solid from endless gray sky to aching bone. Every breath a splinter, every small task made impossibly difficult. And add that to damnable incompetence. He’d been refused the supplies he needed, his commanders refused to provide the necessary discipline, and the troops provided him had been too weak—or simply not clever enough—to deal with cold.
Seriously? Clever can never beat frozen without sufficient supplies (food & shelter) ... yikes ... Was the actual Napoleon that clueless about REAL weather?
