Synopsis

‘Do you remember Billy Mercer?’
‘Now that is a name I have not heard in a long time. Yes, I remember Billy Mercer. There was a time when I thought of that man every single day.’
He returned his gaze to his friend with a smile that held tenderness and a little regret.

Billy Mercer, a man of indomitable spirit and character joins the Great War and witnesses the death of everyone he cares for, in battles of horrifying carnage, time and time again. Repeatedly promoted and decorated due to his fighting ability, Mercer finds more tragedy and approaches despair until the love of an attached woman almost saves him.
Upon discovery he is sent back again to face his demons at the front line. Can his knack of surviving death hold out this final time?

‘Their Fathers Lied’
A novel on love and death during the Great War

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