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Book Synopsis** LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER ** THE WESTERN FRONT, JULY 1918
Gregor Reinhardt is a young lieutenant in a stormtrooper battalion on the Western Front when one of his subordinates is accused of murdering a group of officers, and then subsequently trying to take his own life. Not wanting to believe his friend could have done what he is accused of, Reinhardt begins to investigate. He starts to uncover the outline of a conspiracy at the heart of the German army, a conspiracy aimed at ending the war on the terms of those who have a vested interest in a future for Germany that resembles her past. The investigation takes him from the devastated front lines of the war, to the rarefied heights of society in Berlin, and into the hospitals that treat those men who have been shattered by the stress and strain of the war. Along the way, Reinhardt comes to an awakening of the man he might be. A man freed of dogma, whose eyes have been painfully opened to the corruption and callousness all around him. A man to whom calls to duty, to devotion to the Fatherland and to the Kaiser, ring increasingly hollow...
Trade ReviewIt's a tense and gripping story with a gradual unfurling of the plot -- J. Hesslewood * MYSTERY PEOPLE *
A gripping, original thriller * Sunday Times *
Irresistible... McCallin once again combines authoritative characterisations with an incisive picture of a dangerous historical milieu * Financial Times *
Read, be entertained and learn about events that influenced history. With the fire lit and a whisky on the arm of the chair, could there be a better way to spend an evening? * LoveReading *
What one can confidently say is that Rheinhardt is a admirable and resourceful hero - so much so that I intend to seek out the earlier books in the series and look forward eagerly to the next one
* Scotsman *
