Echoes From Verdun: The Minutes

By: Bizzell, C.

The Minutes. I must remember "The Minutes."

On a blustery night in October 1932, thirty-six-year-old Guntheir climbs his childhood treehouse to forever escape the nightmare of World War 1. For sixteen years, July 1, 1916, has haunted him. The Minutes spent in No Man's Land. Their memory wiped clean, why? Was he responsible for Jimmy's death? Did he trip on the barbed wire or fall from cowardice? Are there other horrors that take refuge in the minutes? To this day, the questions linger.

With his grandfather's support, Guntheir steps into the past, reflecting on poignant memories that have shaped him into the man he has become. He revisits childhood innocence, death, soul-deep friendships, and forbidden love that even now carries him through the darkest moments. He yearns to move forward, adapt, and live. However, to do so requires that he revisit the trenches where the war destroyed him and everything he understood. The day when nineteen thousand British soldiers were cheated of their dreams, never to move again...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FPRJTNC3
• ISBN13: 9798892287678
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Chris Bizzell
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"