The theme of this military, morality epic saga of Canada in war
paint is that the Great War, which was most heinous for its egregious battles of human attrition involving millions of senseless casualties on both sides, was obscene, abhorrent and the result of politicians and leaders who failed to avoid it, yet there were none nobler than the brotherhood of individuals who served and sacrificed their all, fighting for each other while struggling mentally and physically to survive and triumph in a world gone mad.

“German up!” someone yelled.
Instinctively turning to his right, Sable watched in apprehension
as a Fokker banked in a tight turn some 500 yards distant and
came in low over the lines. The significance of the maneuver...

Ian piped with a vengeance, his neck muscles bulging, his face
flushed and his lungs straining with effort. Now it was All the
Bluebonnets Over the Border.

Fraser started in again, moving to another spot and began flinging
the mud with a vengeance. As luck would have it, he soon dug
into a uniform crawling with maggots and oozing a greenish black
fluid that made him retch. ..

“OK, this is far enough,” Fraser directed, peering over the side and
down into the murky water. “We want to be the far side of the shoal.