A Review By Keith Smith

A man regains consciousness to find himself naked in a mass grave with no idea who he is. After clawing and fighting his way out his first thought is survival – but in a religious war survival depends on knowing which side you are on. Donning another man’s military uniform, he drives off and enters a nearby town to discover that the occupying soldiers have been waiting for someone very much like him. Suddenly he finds himself in power. His first act is to save a woman about to be murdered by soldiers – a woman he turns out to have a history with. She seems to know more about him than he does, but does she have the right man?

An horrific book with man’s potential for beastliness described in great detail, one at first assumes this is WW2 and set in and around a German concentration camp, but further reading suggests this may not be so.. one has to imagine ethnic cleansing taking place some time in the future. Anyway, horror is piled upon horror to leave you reeling…to what purpose? An insight into twisted minds, or a message to say ‘there but for the grace of god’. Difficult to say. It is certainly riveting and thought-provoking. Not a good holiday read!