Yesterday, I published my new short novel The Angels Must Be British.
It's about Jules Jaspar, an emotionally jumbled chaplain in the Belgian army. When Germany invades neutral Belgium in August 1914, Jaspar finds himself attached to the Belgian Third Division at Liège. He becomes lost after the troops are pushed out of the city, and, following a strange turn of events, happens upon the dying captain of a nearly-decimated regiment. With him are three "mad" soldiers, unfit for duty; the captain, who has a soft spot for lunatics, as his father happens to be one, implores the chaplain to help guide them to the safety of Fort de Loncin, one of Belgium's twelve defense forts.
The story then follows the chaplain and the three delusional soldiers, and their strange, perilous trek on foot to reach the theoretical safety of Loncin.
Once there, Jaspar, the three madmen, and the Third Division of the Belgian army struggle to survive and keep their wits underground as the Battle of Liège rages around and above them, the Germans launching shell after shell, punishing Belgium for refusing to surrender.
You can buy the book via PDF or paperback at this link.
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