Book One of The Somme Trilogy
Some roads lead home. Others lead to Hell.
A powerful and deeply human First World War novel, following ordinary soldiers through one of history's most devastating battles.
Sheffield, 1915.
When Tom Hargreaves answers the call to serve King and Country, he believes the war will be over by Christmas. Alongside his friends Jack Barlow, Harry Bell, Freddie Naylor, and hundreds of other young men from the steel city, he leaves behind family, work, and the familiar streets of home for an uncertain future in France.
What follows is a journey through training camps, muddy trenches, endless waiting, and the brutal realities of life on the Western Front. As friendships deepen and innocence fades, Tom and his comrades discover that war is fought as much with endurance and humour as with rifles and bayonets.
By the summer of 1916, they find themselves facing the greatest offensive the British Army has ever attempted. For seven days the guns thunder across the Somme. Officers promise victory. Newspapers speak of a breakthrough. Many believe nothing could survive the bombardment.
But when the whistles blow, the road finally ends.
And the real battle begins.
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