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It Started in a Trench on the Western Front in WW1
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He faces death with his menIn the darkness of the Great War, a young British officer faces the ultimate challenge. Trapped in a German trench, with no hope of escape, he must confront the horrors of war, his own mortality and his responsibility for his men. |
A strange mist appears and offers to save himA strange mist appears and offers to save him and his men. It comes with a catch. He must always obey the orders of the mist. |
If he crosses the bridge, there may be no returnAnd now he discovers the mist is evil. He's trapped in a downward spiral that will ultimately lead to his eternal damnation. |
A woman who may be immortal may help himA woman who may be immortal comes to his aid. Or is she working with the mist against him? He must use all his wits and courage to overcome what no man should ever face. |
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Marc Stern
"The Devil's Bridge" Keeps You Turning Its Pages
Reviewed in the United States on 9 November 2014
Marc Stern
Reviewed in the United States on 9 November 2014
I won't go into just why it is apropos, you'll have to read the action-fantasy novel to find out just why. And, when you do read the novel, you will also be treated to a well-written, quite optimistic view of life by an experienced author. Connor, a published author and playwright, uses a light-hand in building “The Devil's Bridge.” He knows the period he is writing about; knows the life he is writing about, and knows the area he is writing about.
“The Devil's Bridge” is quite a novel. Fast-paced, it is both an action yarn and one of fantasy, tinged with lots of optimism. It begins in World War I, France, where we meet the protagonist Foxy, Capt. Jeffrey Fox-Bingham, and his friend, Lt. Arthur Miller. Among the few survivors of a horrible night on “the ridge” which saw a senior officer break and run, contrary to the rules of conduct in the British Army, Foxy and Arthur, are sent by the officer, Col. Bullington-Cross, on a suicide mission where they will surely be killed. They were to have spoken at an inquiry about the colonel's conduct.
Their deaths, Foxy told the colonel, would be quite “convenient” because it would keep them quiet at the inquiry. However, their deaths were not to be as Foxy meets and becomes entangled with a strange apparition that makes him a deal. The deal involves Foxy and his little band of survivors, also on the suicide mission. The mission was to have been one-way with no one returning. However, they do return, one way or another, thanks to the deal Foxy has made with, you guessed it, the apparition.
The apparition is devilishly making making mischief among mortals, believers and non-believers, alike, taking souls in return for various grants. In this iteration, though, the nasty one takes his time as he likes to see his victims squirm on the hook for a long time. That long time is the timeline of the book – the trenches of World War I, the roaring days after, the dark days of the the 1930s and, finally, the second conflagration of the last century, World War II. The timeline is the tapestry on which the author has laid his work.
As I said, this is pretty much all you need to know now. However, I will say that all of the other characters in the book, Louise, Foxy's wife, Annaelise, Arthur's girlfriend, Helmut, Weinstein, Klara, Charles, Julienne, Sandrine, the brigadier and others, all have important parts to in the morality play that underlines this very optimistic novel.
“The Devil's Bridge” is, for me anyway, an action-fantasy novel. It actually could be classified as either as it contains some great action sequences that have you biting your nails, as well as some fantasy scenes that do stretch one's imagination. Yet, even though they stretch the bounds of imagination, they still work. That Connor author can handle this much complication well, without becoming heavy-handed, shows how well he can write.
Connor does an excellent job of plotting the major points in the novel so that each event meshes with new ones that come up. And, the characterization is strong as Connor paints the heroes and villains of the novel with painstaking thoroughness so that they are believable. Even the central point of the novel, the deal, is believable in the hands of this skilled author.
“The Devil's Bridge” is a thoroughly enjoyable work. A page-turner, it holds your attention as you want to see what happens next.
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E A Fow
A new take on the world wars
Reviewed in the United States on 22 October 2014
Cheri Roan
Exceptional Tale Of Romance With A Twist!!
Reviewed in the United States on 26 October 2014
Owen Robinson
You'll have a "Devil" of a time with this book! @badwordplay
Reviewed in the United States on 28 October 2014
Robin Surface
War, Friendship, Love and Evil!
Reviewed in the United States on 29 October 2014