Merlaine Hemstraat

Greater than a quarter of his face blasted off from shrapnel fire, Corporal Aidan Fellowes needed a miracle…Captain Stan Plantar lost more than most of his left arm; his marriage, life and identity was in ruins…his glimmer of hope lay in the young corporal…until they all met the Mimosa Factor…

 

Arena of 1917, World War 1, South-east England, The Mimosa Factor dichotomously portrays two sides to war, the military personnel and medical staff treating them. Emphasising muted voices from both groups, spotlights their point of view when several discoveries are made of a personal and intimate nature, in addition to fields of health and scientific advancement.

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Yearning for semblance of beauty, a corporal hides from his catastrophic shrapnel wounds resulting in part of his face blown off. Wading deeper into his quagmire of despair… waves of soldiers arrive, torn apart and grasping for vestiges of life until encountering the mimosa factor…