Dimensions
135 x 204 x 19mm
'Killing isn't done in hatred, killing is done in fear.'
Michael and Dan, and their mates Lennie, Chook and Mack are packed into the war boats and missing home. After the surreal panic of that first charge on the Turkish beaches, the Australians must learn how to stay alive in the lottery of warfare. They have been taught to hate their enemies, but as the seasons turn, Michael realises that the men he fights aren't so different from himself – and that they will all be irrevocably changed by the senseless brutality of war.
The Gallipoli story is etched into national legend – over the blood and bone of the men who died there, and the friendships of those who lived.
From a powerful and evocative writer comes the haunting story of one boy's journey to manhood in the trenches at Gallipoli.
