David Audley and Jack Butler

Anthony Price

A celebrated Somme scholar, Paul Mitchell, is pulled from the safety of archives when two strangers—one refined and Oxbridge-trained, the other unmistakably shaped by the trenches—ask questions that quickly turn unsettling. As Mitchell follows the threads of his research, he discovers the outline of a battlefield secret whose exposure could ignite institutional retaliation and personal danger alike. Blending meticulous military detail with thriller-paced suspense, the novel explores how history is curated, who gets to control the story, and the moral cost of uncovering truths long buried. With Anthony Price’s signature blend of scholarship and momentum, this is a tense inquiry into memory, loyalty, and survival in the shadow of the First World War.