Review: Trial By Battle

Trial By Battle by David Piper
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This tells the tale of Second Lieutenant Alan Mart, only 21 and posted to India, and the loud, overbearing Lieutenant, Acting Captain Sam Holl. Alan is being put through training and Holl believes War makes a man, but Mart is not exactly the warrior type.

Holl is a hard drinking, loutish man who contracts malaria, but even that doesn’t stop him from getting on the ship as they are sent to fight the Japanese. Their training certainly hasn’t prepared them for what coming……

An incredibly written, brutally honest tale of war and its effects on the men fighting, the boredom, constant fear and the horrors they see. Stunning and emotive.

Thank you to Anne Cater and Random Things Tours for the opportunity to participate in this blog tour and for the promotional materials and a free copy of the book. This is my honest, unbiased review


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