The Shadows of War
Book One of a wartime trilogy. By A.R. Brown
A world at war. A village caught in its shadow. A lifetime of consequences.
Sussex, 1939. Lily Harper is twenty-two when the farm becomes hers, and the war comes to her fields. In a village where a careless word can ruin a life, she will learn that everyone is keeping a secret.
About the book
Sussex, 1939. Lily Harper is twenty-two when the farm becomes hers, and the war comes to her fields.
In a village where a careless word can ruin a life, she will learn that everyone is keeping a secret, and that the most dangerous one may be her own.
The setting
The novel grew from the High Weald of East Sussex: the lanes, fields and farms around Hurst Green and Bodiam, and the area’s wartime past, including a secret resistance patrol once established there in preparation for a possible German invasion.
Although the novel is a work of fiction, it draws on the people, places and events of the period. The Afterword explores the real history behind the story.
Illustrations from the world of the novel.
Themes
- The home front, in one Sussex village
- A farm to keep going, while the war comes to its fields
- Secrets, and what a careless word can cost
- The Second World War, with a love story running through it
Formats and availability
Where to find the book
Available to pre-order · Published December 2026. Buying direct from Dimblehouse is shown separately from other retailers.
Kindle ebook
Available to pre-order
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Paperback
On publication, December 2026 · ISBN 978-1-0655908-0-4
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