The critically-acclaimed debut by the author of the Vetala Cycle!Vampires are loose in the trenches of the First World War.Passchendaele, 1917. Private Reg Wilson is a man with a name but no memories. A soldier who remembers nothing of life before the fighting began. Until he comes to Black Wood, a tainted place that knows him intimately. There, he will discover a darkness buried long ago by time and dust. An appetite that has been awoken by war. A hunger that will feed upon his blood, his regrets and his worst fears. It will show him what he has forgotten. It will show him nightmare made flesh. And, before he dies, it will make him look deep into the eyes of the dead.This edition also includes:* Deleted Scenes* Bonus Short Story: The Last PostYeates, has an assured writing style, that when combined with a natural storytelling ability has resulted in a very satisfying novel...There is a great balance between the horrors of warfare, and the horror of the supernatural, in this case vampires...Yeates has done the almost impossible and brought a fresh new spin on the vampire. ~ Jim Mcleod, Gingernuts of Horror reviews ~A smashing success......this is truly horrifying, in a deep and disturbing way that very few manage to write......I would recommend it to horror lovers, as I find it to be a chilling masterpiece of the genre ~ Livia, Butterfly-o-Meter Book Reviews ~It is evident that the author is a very gifted writer; he has an outstanding command of the English language – his narrative is vivid, no detail is left to the imagination, the scene is set for you with every element described right down to minutiae and to complete perfection ~ Cathy Speight, Cath 'n' Kindle Book Reviews ~G.R. Yeates does a masterful job of combining the horrors of the First World War with the things that nightmares are made of. ~ Ann Giardina Magee, Booze and Books Blog ~