SOME BATTLES YOU CAN'T ESCAPE…The summer of 1917. Near Lens, France. The vaunted Vimy Ridge has been taken. Lieutenant Malcolm MacPhail has settled into his position on the divisional staff. Yet there will be no peace for him and his comrades this summer. Far from being on their last legs the enemy is fighting with fresh tenacity. The campaign near Arras grinds on.At headquarters, rivals have surfaced amongst the staff, his superiors are impossible to please, and mysterious goings-on behind the lines could explode into scandal. When Malcolm offhandedly alienates a brigadier and his adjutant, the consequences for him and his closest friend are far-reaching.Meanwhile the field-marshal's eyes have shifted north. His new offensive requires a diversion and he orders the Canadian Corps to capture the key crossroads of Lens. However a single fortified hill stands in the way. As the threats mount, Malcolm must focus on the coming battle, which could be the key to everything…*****Gripping and authentic military historical fiction. A novel of Hill 70 and the Battle of Arras.-- Darrell lives in the Netherlands, not far from the battlefields of the First and Second World Wars. He grew up throughout Canada, but spent most of his youth in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains in Calgary, Alberta where he studied Political Science & Economics, and thought briefly of joining the Navy. Instead, he moved to the Netherlands to complete an MBA. After a first career in the European equity markets, he embarked upon a new one writing historical fiction.His debut novel "Malcolm MacPhail's Great War" was published in 2017. Since then he has written four others in the Malcolm MacPhail WW1 series. His most recent work represents a departure from the Great War and is set in WW2.Darrell's novels introduced the world to Malcolm MacPhail, an opinionated young soldier whose penchant for plain-speaking proves almost as lethal as the momentous First World War battles in which he finds himself. Meticulously researched, the books immerse the reader in the epic story of the "war to end all wars".Please visit his site at www.darrellduthie com to sign up for his email list and learn more about his books.
