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One shot to change history. One shot for lies and betrayal.
1917. A frontline, rat infested trench 200 yards short of the enemy. The men of the 2nd Rifle Battalion, East Riding Regiment, count down the hours before a suicidal charge across no-mans-land. In a last hour’s card game, IOUs replace money, goods change hands, and a racehorse is won on the final flip of the cards. Nothing has any real value when death is imminent.
Upon returning injured to England, teenage sniper Corporal Mathew Hobbs claims his prize, only to discover his CO, Major Peter Church, has survived. Separated by wealth and position, an unlikely friendship and business partnership materialises; one that could alter the path of the war.
David Spear is at his best in this well-paced, evocative, suspenseful thriller, weaving a story of loss, revenge and betrayal amid the solitude of Yorkshire and the brutality of war.