Captain Archibald Rankin had been on the front line of the Great War for two years. He was a no-nonsense officer type who wanted nothing more than to get his men through alive. So why when he asked for reinforcements to his beleaguered line, did they send him men armed with paint brushes and scenery, […]
They say he haunts the trenches and no-one is safe from him. Armed with a Luger and a Webley, it doesn’t matter which side you’re on —you’re already his enemy. Some folk think he’s just a ghost story, a myth used to frighten green lads, but they’re wrong. He’s real all right, and if you […]
In the Great War, the sprawling wasteland between the trenches was called no man’s land, a place of desolation that no warm‑blooded man wished to cross. For there was something lurking out there in that barren wilderness, howling in the night, screams echoing against the dead trees —something that made brave soldiers cling tight to […]
During the First World War, French air ace Michel Bouchard and his dove emblem became famous in the skies, above France. He and his fellow pilots fought long and hard until the enemy had been driven from their country. But by 1940, Michel was long gone from the skies though the enemy were back in […]
A friendship forged in battle, Corporals Christopher Green and Ryu Fujiwara met through the haze of bullets and smoke as both their nations faced the Germans during the Siege of Tsingtao. Theirs was a kinship that lasted the rest of the war and well into the decades to come. For Green and Fujiwara, Japan and […]
In war, most men know who their enemy is —the sailor in the other warship, the pilot in the other plane, the soldiers in the other trench. But some men have a different kind of enemy. It’s something inside themselves, it could be a numbing fear or a blinding hatred. Whatever it is, it’s an […]
British Army Royal Horse Artillery Bombardier Billy Elder is a team master for the horses and mules that pull the 13-pounder guns on the Western front. It’s hard work, but before long Billy befriends a tenacious mule named Broonie who goes above and beyond the call of duty in the Battle of Somme, saving countless […]
Estranged twins Teddy and Ernie Sharp followed their own paths in the Great War. Teddy took to the skies while Ernie trained hard with the Australian Imperial Force, determined to make his mark. Then, a chance meeting on the Western Front and Teddy’s untimely death changed Ernie’s life forever, as he abandoned the AIF and […]
Falkland Islands lad Jackie Jones ran away to sea to explore the world. But as the Great War encircled the globe, he left his merchant ship and signed up with the Royal Navy. Now, aboard HMS Glasgow, Jackie must fit in with his new crew as the illustrious German Vice Admiral Von Spee closes in […]
Charlie Grubb’s father is found dead — murdered in his own factory. The main suspect has fled, joining the Australian Imperial Force to avoid justice. But if he thinks he can get away that easily, he’s a fool. Charlie will do anything to avenge his father, even if it means tracking the dog to the […]
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