March to the Sound of the Guns by Ray Grover is New Zealand’s answer to Band of Brothers and the Regeneration trilogy. Drawing on over 20 years of research, this fictional account follows 5 key narrators as they share the story of their war. Grab your copy for just $15, worth $39.99 delivered.

During World War I New Zealand shipped 100,000 young men halfway round the world to fight at Gallipoli and the Western Front. 18,000 were killed - a death rate of nearly one in five. Thousands more were maimed physically and emotionally. The men had gone with the encouragement of their families and the blessings of their churches.

In March to the Sound of the Guns five characters tell readers the story of their war: the oldest is Colonel Malone, one of the very few who knows what war is about and who trains his men hard but, on-going into action, is faced with incompetence at the highest levels. The other four are 19 year olds who volunteer for reasons that derive from the raw colonial society in which they have been born and raised: Harry, the Christian sniper; Jim, the left-wing activist; Frank, the intellectual. And Nelle, the nurse, patching up the remnants of men who have 'survived'.

Each has no alternative but to endure fear, sickness, wounds, and the imminent prospect of death under the foulest of conditions.

Drawn from 20 years of research into soldier’s diaries, letters and memoirs, along with close inspection of the battlefields and study of authoritative historians, Grover has created a searing and powerful account of a generation of New Zealanders who went to war and were changed forever - get in quick and grab your copy now!