Drawing on the author's own experience, this book offers a portrait of the Afghan frontline to have yet emerged - a novel of war that will take its place among the classics from previous generations.
Barney Campbell joined the army after university, was commissioned into the Blues and Royals and served with them for five years. He was deployed on a tour of Afghanistan in the winter of 2009/10. He is from the Scottish Borders and is currently working in Paris. Rain is his first novel.