A former war photographer, away from the world, sits in a tower and paints a mural his most important, absolute, final work, full of pain, blood and war. The current military TV journalist and his cameraman in the Balkans are guarding the explosion of the bridge . The photographer comes to the one whose life is derailed because of a single photo frame - and in the midst of cautious conversations about world art, masking the grief of loss, and the thirst for revenge, and love, and despair, and shameful secrets, both open their eyes. The bridge is still intact, but the explosion is about to happen, and the journalists will remove it if they manage to survive in this Comanche territory, where “the instinct tells the military reporter to brake and turn back ... where the roads are deserted and the houses turned into burned ruins ; where it seems that the twilight is about to come... Where you don’t see sniper rifles, but they see you...” “The Battalion” and “The Comanche Territory” two stories by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, fictional and documentary, about the same thing The mud, blood, fear and grief of the war in Bosnia and all other wars are seen through the eyes of people whose job it is to watch and show others what they have seen. Perez-Reverte is a former military journalist who worked in many hot spots, the famous author of brilliant historical, military, adventure novels translated into forty languages, the creator of the series about Captain Diego Alatriste, the winner of the most prestigious literary awards. He has something to say about the war - he was there, and more than once . “In any war,” he says, “the same thing happens.” The Unhappy , People in uniforms of different formations shoot at each other, Sitting in the trenches , Repainted clay , and some freak in a cozy office with air conditioning , Smoking a cigar , far from the front line is engaged in the development of design banners, the creation of national anthems and the installation of monuments to an unknown soldier , earning this way on all this blood and shit.". In war, it is impossible to be romantic. In war it is impossible to be objective . In war, it is impossible not to understand that there should not be a war .. "The Batalist" and "The Comanche Territory" are provided with extensive comments. Comanche Territory published in new translation.