First published 2018
A soldier's eyes close during his watch, and the threat of court martial looms. In the mud, an officer fights to save his men and himself. A young man carries explosives across Waterloo Bridge, his heart racing with each step. These moments reveal war's brutal reality through the eyes of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Death stalks the trenches while survival becomes the only goal. Hope flickers against despair as lives transform forever. Faulks draws these stories from his novels to show how conflict strips away everything familiar, leaving only the raw human struggle to endure. The collection captures soldiers in their most vulnerable moments and civilians caught in war's machinery, each facing choices that will define them.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, war, military-fiction, action
Vibes: dark, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: survival, war
Setting: Waterloo Bridge
Period: World War I
144 pages · Paperback · Vintage
Content warnings: death, graphic-violence, war