Action Front

A bullet skims Private Jock Macalister’s head; when he wakes in a German trench, a rifle muzzle is pointed at his face. His first clear thought is that the assault has failed—and his next chance may depend on keeping his wits.

On the blasted front line of the First World War, Macalister is passed from one German guard to another, searched at every turn and questioned about why Britain is at war. He answers with cool Scottish candour, correcting his captors whenever they call him English, even as they repeat wild claims about the war. Then a cruel officer arrives, and Macalister’s dry defiance meets a more dangerous test: bound and threatened with bayonets, he must decide how far to resist. Can he hold his ground when one word from his captor could end the conversation for good?

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