The Tartar Steppe

Giovanni Drogo, a young officer with hopes of battlefield glory is stationed at a remote fort overlooking the vast Tartar Steppe. Discovering too late that military life at the fort is little more than absurd rules & regulations he seeks to be re-assigned only to find himself trapped. Drogo waits out the years but will a final chance at glory arrive before it's too late? What exactly, is a soldier without a war? What is a person who waits for a life that never comes? Particularly powerful are the observations of age; when did you stop taking two steps at a time up the stairs opting for a slower but surer climb?