Another entertaining story, you certainly have a very good imagination. I wonder now in 2009 whether you still write.

Janet, this is the only story that has no sequel in the making. Anna, soldier to the end. How many soldiers cn make that claim?

 Timeless and wonderful this would make a fine movie and a believeable plot something a goverment would do ..and a lot of side action could be put in as well ... such potential .. great author
better that average bear stuff ... way to good girl- thank you

thank you Rone Welles :) *****

Whoops!

I said "was" when I meant to say "were". Silly me. :)

Just goes to show that I'm not as perfect as I think I am... :)

Good story. Just the right amount of realism.

There was, however, TWO small errors.

(1) Franz Ferdinand, the Archduke of Austria-Hungary, was not killed by a sniper's bullet. Rather, he and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip, who was armed with a pistol. Princip was a member of The Black Hand, a Serbian ultranationalist group. It was his intention to start a war by assassinating the Archduke, in the hope that a separate Serbian nation might emerge from the resulting chaos; and

(2) While Ms. Stickney is correct in referring to England, France, et al. as "the Allies" (a term which was used in both World War I (known until World War II as "The Great War" or "The War To End All Wars") and World War II, Germany and her allies (Austro-Hungary and The Ottoman Empire) were known as "The Central Powers". The term "Axis" was not used to describe Germany and Co. (in this case, Russia (from September 1, 1939 until June 22, 1941, when Germany launched "Operation Barbarossa" and invaded her former ally's home territory), Japan, Italy and, to a lesser extent, Vichy France and other occupied nations) until World War II.

Once again, no criticism is intended. I was pointing out the historical inaccuracies on the offchance that Ms. Stickney might release a revised or updated version of the story in the future.

Really enjoyed this story. Please keep writing.

A great story concept that unfolds very smoothly and with a nice history lesson as well. These fantascies are a great escape from the everyday problems that we have to contend with. Here Janet allows for a solder to take the place of a royal who is threatened. And the end result is quite nice as this new girl takes the place in the kingdom so that all her subjects can live in peace.

Nicely done with style and class as always seems to be the case.

Diane