Jack Roberts is back from the Sudan and, with a crippling wound, no longer an active soldier.
When he is sent to Iran to help find oil for British battleships, he has to leave home once more.
This time he leaves a son who is about to embark on a military career, too.
The Roberts family is soon going to war again.
Desert War by Griff Hosker is published on 28 June, 2024. It’s the fourth in his Soldier of the Queen series.
Read Griff’s account of his writing life in A writer’s career.
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