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“A fellow starts doubting the point of fighting for a country who won’t fight for him,”

Angel Down: A Novel by Daniel Kraus

March 21, 2026 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

Private Cyril Bagger has managed to survive the unspeakable horrors of the Great War through making sure he’s as far from the carnage as possible; and if that’s digging the latrine trenches that’s fine by him; at least he’s not possibly getting blown to bits. But his survival instincts also mark him as one of the five most expendable people in his company, and therefore perfect for a suicide mission: venture into the perilous No Man’s Land with the other four to euthanize a wounded […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: angels, Daniel Kraus, horrors of war, World War One

bjornsnipe's CBR18 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: angels, Daniel Kraus, horrors of war, World War One ·
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The Eleventh Hour by Jacques Goldstyn

May 24, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I want to just put a billion tears on this review for The Eleventh Hour. OMG! This book is NOT for the sensitive reader. It is a picture book (due in paper mid-August 2023; read via an online reader copy), but I do not know one child I would give this, too. With that said, it might be an interesting book for a classroom doing World War One or Canadian history, or for any Veteran’s Day events. The story is about two friends, Jim and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Canada, Death, friendship, Jacques Goldstyn, Military & Wars, Social Themes, World War I, World War One

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:378 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Canada, Death, friendship, Jacques Goldstyn, Military & Wars, Social Themes, World War I, World War One ·
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