The deeply moving, gripping and critically
acclaimed, Amazon bestselling novel.
No parent should see their children caught up in
a war. A young British boy grows up with hopes and dreams of travelling,
learning a trade, leading a simple life and perhaps, even falling in love. But
his dreams and those of his French love, are shattered with the advent of the Great War. This is the story of
William Collins and his private battle to survive the horrors of the Western
Front.
A desperate and terrible war, to end all wars,
the shock of separation and the terrifying life and death existence are enough
to break even the most ardent spirit. His lost love drifts ever further from
him, as he descends into the Hell of the Somme battlefield. Comrades are
cruelly taken from his side, as the enemy takes away hope for the future. But
his love for Odile and for her country, France, sustains him, driving him
onward in a desperate struggle to survive. He is inexorably drawn into a new
and mysterious world of secrecy and brutality, from which a slim and hard
fought hope of victory could emerge.
This war could be different, if only the
Generals would listen. Chance brings opportunity for his plans.