William Boyd

American, German, and British lives in Eastern Africa are turned upside down by World War I. Follow the lives of European and American settlers in Eastern Africa who were once friendly neighbors, reluctantly turned to enemies.

"From the award-winning, best-selling author comes a rollicking novel with a dark undertow, set around three unforgettable individuals and a doomed movie set. A producer. A novelist. An actress. It's summer 1968--a time of war and assassinations, protests and riots. While the world is reeling, our trio is involved in making a disaster-plagued, Swingin' Sixties British movie in sunny Brighton. All are leading secret lives. As the movie shoot zigs and...

In the vein of 1917, this epic drama is set against the ill-fated WWI backdrop where a restless platoon receives word that they will soon join the first wave of an attack. Led by a war-hardened Sargent, these young men, confined to a trench on the front lines and the dark abyss, face their destiny on the day the British Army lost the greatest number of soldiers in a single day in history.

Western partners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over who will be the father. They are still bitterlyfeuding years later when they own adjacent ranches. Of course, this bitterness escalates with near-disastrous results..