The Bottom Five - Paperback

by Benson S. Forbes (Author)

The year is 1911 in the South of England. Five schoolmates wangle an invitation to a lord's estate and unwittingly set off a chain of events that will seal their fate in the coming World War. *From the disastrous Battle of Ypres to the butchery of The Somme... *From the inner sanctum of a secret Army operation to embroilment with a spy and Winston Churchill's "backroom boys"... *From the doldrums of trench warfare to the unearthing of a a German plot against America... Throughout it all, someone behind the scenes appears to be pulling strings as these lads struggle to survive in a world of war and political intrigue. Will The Bottom Five survive, or will they be among the millions sacrificed on the field of battle?

Author Biography

Benson S. Forbes is the pen name for co-authors and married couple John Benson and Shari S. Forbes of Sherwood, Oregon. Benson grew up in England worked for the British Ministry of Defense before immigrating to the U.S. Forbes, a native of Rush County, Kansas, is an award-winning writer and editor. The Bottom Five is their first novel, first published in 2003. Other novels include Mad Cows Come Back To Bite, published in 2004, and Cracking Heads, published in 2007. The couple currently divides their time between their home in Redlands, California and their home in the country near Sherwood, Oregon where they continue to collaborate on writing works of fiction.