A Thrilling tale of mutiny and rebellion!
India, 1857: For sixteen-year-old Jack O?Hara?farmed out to a distant aunt and uncle after the death of his parents?India is an exotic place of wonder and mystery. The sights and smells, the food and local customs, the complicated caste system; everything is different from life back home in the wilds of Canada.
Take the chapattis, for instance. When the five round flatbreads appear on the verandah steps, Jack thinks nothing of it?a careless servant, perhaps, leaving them behind on his way to another task. But Hari has s different theory. When Jack mentions the chapattis to the stable boy?the closest person he has to a friend?he learns that the chapattis mean trouble. In India, in Cawnpore, they are a declaration of war, and horrors Jack can barely imagine are waiting just around the corner.
Within a few days, Jack, his soldier friend, Tommy, Alice, the girl he dreams about, and 1,000 soldiers, women and children will be desperately fighting for their lives in an inadequate entrenchment surrounded by the mutinying Indian Army. Who, if any, will survive as the tragedy unfolds?
Response to Where Soldiers Lie:
?Wilson`s story is action-packed, violent and hard hitting. He has developed strong characters capable of generating feelings of empathy as we follow the hardships they endure throughout the course of the novel.? ?Canadian Review of Materials]]>
India, 1857: For sixteen-year-old Jack O?Hara?farmed out to a distant aunt and uncle after the death of his parents?India is an exotic place of wonder and mystery. The sights and smells, the food and local customs, the complicated caste system; everything is different from life back home in the wilds of Canada.
Take the chapattis, for instance. When the five round flatbreads appear on the verandah steps, Jack thinks nothing of it?a careless servant, perhaps, leaving them behind on his way to another task. But Hari has s different theory. When Jack mentions the chapattis to the stable boy?the closest person he has to a friend?he learns that the chapattis mean trouble. In India, in Cawnpore, they are a declaration of war, and horrors Jack can barely imagine are waiting just around the corner.
Within a few days, Jack, his soldier friend, Tommy, Alice, the girl he dreams about, and 1,000 soldiers, women and children will be desperately fighting for their lives in an inadequate entrenchment surrounded by the mutinying Indian Army. Who, if any, will survive as the tragedy unfolds?
Response to Where Soldiers Lie:
?Wilson`s story is action-packed, violent and hard hitting. He has developed strong characters capable of generating feelings of empathy as we follow the hardships they endure throughout the course of the novel.? ?Canadian Review of Materials]]>