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AN IMPROBABLE SOLDIER, THE GREATEST SEABORNE LANDING IN HISTORY Sicily, July 1943. After nearly four years of war, Hitler's Fortress Europe is under siege. An invasion fleet of 3,000 ships, thousands of men, supported by countless aircraft is heading for the shores of Sicily. Newly-demoted Private Archie Atwell yearns for landfall, victory, and an opportunity to prove himself to his father. But as the battalion marches under a searing sun towards the island's mountainous interior and the crack Panzer Grenadier division that awaits them, he is confronted with his chequered past, and the scheming ambition of a fellow soldier.As the fight intensifies, the harsh realities of war begin to take their toll. Facing a tenacious enemy, their lives and the campaign at stake, Archie must choose: stand true to the habits of a lifetime, or embrace the virtues of duty and responsibility he's spurned so often. The battle for Sicily is nearing its climax…*****Gripping historical fiction of a forgotten chapter of the Second World War. Darrell lives in the Netherlands, not far from the battlefields of the First and Second World Wars. He grew up throughout Canada, but spent most of his youth in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains in Calgary, Alberta where he studied Political Science & Economics, and thought briefly of joining the Navy. Instead, he moved to the Netherlands to complete an MBA. After a first career in the European equity markets, he embarked upon a new one writing historical fiction.His debut novel "Malcolm MacPhail's Great War" was published in 2017. Since then he has written four others in the Malcolm MacPhail WW1 series. His most recent work represents a departure from the Great War and is set in WW2.Darrell's novels introduced the world to Malcolm MacPhail, an opinionated young soldier whose penchant for plain-speaking proves almost as lethal as the momentous First World War battles in which he finds himself. Meticulously researched, the books immerse the reader in the epic story of the "war to end all wars".Please visit his site at www.darrellduthie com to sign up for his email list and learn more about his books.