Hamer's War

Second-Hand

Excellent condition

Journalist Cottam's first novel, The Fire Fighter, was set in Britain in World War II.

This time he switches sides to the harrowing life of a brave, principled German officer who becomes a hero of the Reich for destroying a Russian tank and thereby turning the tide of battle for a while on the Russian front.

His recovery from a bullet wound while posted to a Polish labour camp is interspersed with flashbacks revealing the loss of his family's lands, his flawed marriage and a monumental deception which removes a cornerstone of his existence.

Cottam's is a fascinating tale of love and a professional soldier's bitter war for an atrocious regime.

His writing shows enormous promise but is over-complicated by so many flashbacks which put hiccups into the narrative drive of an otherwise compelling story.