War In The Wasteland

by Douglas Elwood Bond

Overview

Nigel Hopkins finds himself in the trenches of World War I under the command of a teenage atheist, Second Lieutenant C.S Lewis. Nigel and his war dog must learn the source of true courage while facing a desperate enemy in No Man's Land in the final offensive of the war. Meanwhile, underage WAAC Elsie Fleming, working at the field hospital in Etaples, will have her idealism about war challenged by brutal realities she sees in the broken men who return from the front and the many who never return.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781945062001
Publisher:	Inkblots Press
Publication date:	04/28/2016
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 2.60(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Douglas Elwood is a blessed husband and father of six, author of 25 books, a hymn writer, and an award-winning teacher. He speaks at churches, schools, and conferences, directs the Oxford Creative Writing Class, and leads church history tours, including an armistice tour of the western front, the setting for War in the Wasteland. Find out more at www.bondbooks.net

Table of Contents

1 Birthday Conscription 11

2 Sauerkraut Spy 19

3 Blood on the Pier 25

4 Torpedo 32

5 Bayonet 42

6 The Advocate 50

7 Bacon 54

8 French Boots 66

9 Trench Billet 73

10 Nowhere Safe 80

11 Bullet and Barbed Wire 89

12 Night Raid 97

13 Latrine Duty 102

14 Wrong Duty 109

15 Prisoner 115

16 Morning Hate 126

17 Captains of Our Fate 133

18 Quarrelling 143

19 Cosmic Sadist 149

20 Trench Foot 159

21 Whispers in the Night 163

22 Villains by Necessity 170

23 Backs to the Wall 177

24 Conscience Round 185

25 Vickers Machine Gun 193

26 Fusillading 199

27 Don't Shoot 207

28 Sniper 213

29 The Quick and the Dead 220

30 Meaningless 226

31 Creeping Barrage 236

32 This is War 242

33 No Man's Land 248

34 Flesh Wounds 257

35 Extraordinary Destiny 265

Glossary of World War I Terms 274

Timeline of World War I 278

Acknowledgments 279