by Peter Watt
In 1914, as the storm clouds of war gather, Josiah Steele takes charge of his family in Sydney, grappling with his two very different sons. David is honourable and steady, the heir to the family enterprises, while Benjamin is restless, rebellious, and drawn to trouble. Hoping to instil responsibility in Ben, Josiah sends him on a trade mission into the territory of their soon-to-be enemy. When war breaks out across Europe, its shockwaves reach the Pacific, pulling both brothers into Australia’s first action of World War I—the fight for German New Guinea. Their journey leads to fierce battles in Egypt, Palestine, and the brutal killing fields of the Western Front. Through years of war, the Steele family is irrevocably changed.
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