First Casualty

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Flanders, June 1917: A British officer is shot dead. A young English soldier is arrested and, although he protests his innocence, charged with his murder. Douglas Konig is sent to France in order to secure a conviction. Forced to conduct his investigations amidst the hellish backdrop of war, Konig soon discovers that both evidence and witnesses are quite literally disappearing into the mud that surrounds him.