No Man's Land: Horror in the Trenches

No Man's Land: Horror in the Trenches

C.M. Saunders

  • 4.1 out of 5
  • 61 ratings
  • 87 pages
  • R
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Overall Content Rating: Restricted R

This is a short horror-tinged war survival tale set in the trenches. A young soldier faces patrol danger, loss of comrades, rumors of supernatural hounds, and pursuit by a seemingly unstoppable enemy. Parents should expect frequent combat injury detail rather than romance or sexual storyline. Language fits angry wartime dialogue plus a single strong word in the author’s closing note. The main concern for sensitive readers is sustained, graphic violence and body horror in battle, including animal and human casualties, close-range killing, and vivid descriptions of blood and wounds.

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Profanity Moderate

21

Soldier speech and thoughts include recurring mild-to-moderate swearing and insults directed at the enemy, the war, and a cruel opponent. One crude term targets top brass in narration. Many uses of a common strong place-name word refer to a monster legend rather than swearing.

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Specific words
  • hell: 8
  • damn: 7
  • bastard: 5
  • shit: 1

Violence Heavy

42

The story is centered on World War I trench combat and survival. Characters suffer and inflict gunshot wounds, stabbings, and blunt-force attacks; blood and bleeding are described often and in detail. A large attack animal is killed graphically. An enemy fighter is shot, bayoneted repeatedly, kicked, and finally destroyed by an explosion that maims him. A comrade’s death and field treatment of serious injuries are shown on the page.

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Specific words
  • blood: 27
  • bleed: 4
  • kick: 3
  • smash: 3
  • stab: 3
  • punch: 2

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About this book

The Somme Offensive, 1916. Harry Doyle is a young, overawed British infantryman struggling to come to terms with the insanity of war. His main objective is staying alive, and getting back home to his family in one piece. But his hopes begin to diminish when he realises the full extent of the misery and destruction around him. And the German war machine isn't the only thing he has to worry about. Something else is preying on his friends and comrades in the trenches, picking them off one by one. Something no amount of military training can prepare him for. Proceeds from this book will be donated to the Help for Heroes foundation. This book contains descriptions of graphic violence and is not suitable for minors. "NO MAN'S LAND is a literate and vivid narrative of an ugly war, a war which for Harry Doyle and his fellow soldiers extends beyond the boundaries of consensus reality." - The Haunted Reading Room Read more