As the dark truth leaches out, both he and Amy are drawn into the hunt for a psychopath, one for whom the atrocity at Two Storm Wood is not an end, but a beginning. It soon becomes clear that what Mackenzie has uncovered is a war crime of inhuman savagery. On the desolate battlefields of northern France, the guns of the Great War are silent.

About Two Storm Wood: THE GUNS ARE SILENT. My grandfather’s boxes provide much of the background to the novel. His task is upended when a gruesome discovery is made beneath the ruins of a German strongpoint. Two Storm Wood was what finally, and painfully, emerged. Meanwhile, Captain Mackenzie cannot bring himself to go home until his fallen comrades are laid to rest. She heads to France, determined to discover what became of the man she loved. Amy Vanneck's fiancé is one soldier lost amongst many. Special battalions now face the task of gathering up the dead for mass burial. On the battlefields of northern France, the guns of the Great War are silent. As the truth leaches out, both he and Amy are drawn into the hunt for a psychopath, one for whom the atrocity at Two Storm Wood is not an end, but a beginning.*Longlisted for the 2023 CWA Historical Dagger Award* 'The world has been waiting for a worthy successor to Sebastian Faulks' Birdsong - now Philip Gray has delivered it' David Young, author of Stasi Child _ 1919. Special battalions now face the dangerous task of gathering up the. On the battlefields of northern France, the guns of the Great War. Its the most chilling portrayal of a historical period since Philip Kerrs novels of Nazi Berlin, yet at its core Grays masterpiece is a heart-rending story of. It soon becomes clear that what Mackenzie has uncovered is a war crime of inhuman savagery. Philip Gray was inspired to write TWO STORM WOOD by his grandfather who fought in the First World War. On the desolate battlefields of northern France, the guns of the Great War are silent. Two Storm Wood: The must-read BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick. Two Storm Wood has the literary class, intellectual depth, and thriller pacing of Robert Harris at his best - with an added spine-tingling aura of menace worthy of Stephen King.

Defying convention, hardship, and impossible odds, she heads to France, determined to discover what became of the man she loved. Amy Vanneck’s fiancé is one soldier lost amongst many, but she cannot accept that his body may never be found. His task is upended when a gruesome discovery is made beneath the ruins of a German strongpoint. He cannot return home until his fallen comrades are recovered and laid to rest. Special battalions now face the dangerous task of gathering up the dead for mass burial.Ĭaptain Mackenzie is a survivor of the war, but still its prisoner. Three months after the end of the Great War, a young woman sets out across the wastelands of the Western Front to learn the fate of the man she loved.

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