aftermath of war book ideas

The War Ended Before Our Heroes Arrived

Two adult veterans reach a promised battlefield and discover that the villages made peace without their kings. Keeping that peace means surviving the army sent to rescue them from the supposed mistake.

The Librarian of Unsent Victory Speeches

In 1919, a temporary library archivist catalogs speeches celebrating a peace that has not improved the lives outside her window. A veteran's unfinished address makes her question who is permitted to describe what victory cost.