Tom Quinn's exciting new war novel is written in his characteristic "rampant storytelling" style. Freely inspired by the lives and novels of three of the 20th century's most notable writers, Erich Maria Remarque, Robert Graves, and Louis-Ferdinand Céline, it begins with the encounter of three young soldiers, one German, one French, one British, in the trenches of World War One and follows them into the darkness of the interwar period. Each page is full of incident and characters and stories abound as we follow these three men after the war to London, Paris, and Berlin, with detours to, among other places, Hollywood, Mallorca, and even a walk on the pilgrim path to Santiago de Compostella. At every step love and war intertwine until we reach an extraordinary and sensational finale.

Extract:
"He watched the full moon rise higher and higher in the sky. He was flooded with her light. The sky, the ocean, the beach, the entire night, was luminous with her, with Her. She was all he had ever dreamed of, all he had ever wanted. He belonged to Her. He would never escape Her. How could he have any being apart from Her? He tried to rise to his feet but his legs trembled under him. He half-rose and stood at the ocean's edge with the lace rippling over his feet, covering his ankles. The moon was embedded like the brightest silver jewel in the black silk of night. He stared at Her. He felt so helpless. He didn't know what to do. His head was all noise and confusion, as was his heart. There was fighting going on somewhere. [...] The moon was still and bright in the night. It was as if she only knew peace..."