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www.military.ie the defence forces magazine | 33 Author: Steven Moore publisher: Colourpoint Creative Ltd (December 2015) www.colourpointbooks.co.uk iSBn: 978-1-78073-059-2 price: €20 pages: 272 Steven Moore's book looks at The young Citizen Volunteers (yCV), which was founded with the support of some of the most prominent and influential figures in late 1912 in Belfast; it was conceived as non-sectarian and non-political youth movement for 18-25 year olds. On the outbreak of World War the yCV merged with the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) to become part of the British Army's 14th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles (RIR). "From naive young men who paraded Belfast in their signature grey uniforms to the khaki-clad battle-hardened troops of the Western Front, this is the story of the YCV and 14th Royal Irish Rifles told largely through the words of the soldiers themselves." It was on the battlefields of Europe during the Great War that the yCV who formed the nucleus of the 14th Bn RIR were unkindly dubbed 'The Chocolate Soldiers' – this was mainly due to their high standard of training and favourite status when the unit entered the war. Stephens's book brings the stories of these young to life as they went to war like so many other Irishmen in search of adventure and in the just cause of fighting the Nazi war machine as it rolled through Europe occupying country after country. The book contains many photographs, documents and maps. Steven Moore is also the author of 'Hanged at Crumlin Road Gaol, The Story of Capital Punishment in Belfast' published by Colourpoint Creative Ltd in December 2013, ISBN: 9781780730493 and priced €12.66. WF THE CHOCOlATE SOldIERS The Story of the young Citizen Volunteers and 14th Royal Irish Rifles during the Great War dANCE wITH THE ENEmy (The Enemy Series #1) Author: Rob Sinclair publisher: Clink Street Publishing (February 2014) ASin: B00KK6FJSC price: €1.27 eBook / €9.80 PB pages: 361 Rob Sinclair's debut novel 'Dance with the Enemy', introduces us to intelligence agent Carl Logan, now a member of the British/American Joint Intelligence Agency (JIA). Logan is the best solo agent the JIA has, still on medical leave as a result of the beatings and torture he received at the hands of international terrorist youssef Salim. He is reservedly called back in to the line of fire to find missing US Attorney General Frank Modena, who was abducted while in Paris on negotiations. When Logan finds out Salim is involved he teams up with FBI agent Angie Grainger for the same mission but with different agendas – Logan's is to hunt down the man who left him for dead. Rob Sinclair uses his international experience as forensic fraud investigator for over a decade to create a real life character to rival Lee Child's Jack Reacher, and produces a great 'can't put down' thriller with plenty of twists and turns. Rob's second book in the series 'Rise of the Enemy' was published in April 2015, and the third, 'Hunt for the Enemy', was published in February 2016. The Enemy series has received widespread critical acclaim with many reviewers and readers having likened Rob's work to authors at the very top of the genre, including James Patterson and Lee Child. WF ON A wING ANd A PRAyER By Comdt Brendan M. Roahan Retd. Brendan Rohan was born near Clones, Co Monaghan, schooled in Limerick and Kerry. He served for over 20 years in the Defence Forces retiring in 1992 at the rank of Comdt. He is the owner of Corcreggan Mill Accommodation and Camping in Dunfanaghy, Co Donegal. In 2015 Brendan wrote and self published a book about a commemorative project he had proposed and a monument he had built at Killyhoey beach, with amazing community support, to honour a local WW2 humanitarian event. The project took a momentous effort and, given the good fortune of the aircraft crew who landed, in emergency circumstances, he called the book 'On a Wing and a Prayer'. Brendan wrote his first proper short story 'Soldier's Farewell' in 2004 but it was not until 2006 that he began writing several more in quick succession. "I wrote 'Soldier's Farewell with the possibility in mind that it might, somehow, be found suitable for inclusion on my favourite Irish Radio programme, 'Sunday Miscellany', which I have been listening to for most of my life. … It was recorded in Letterkenny and was broadcast by RTE Radio on 16th July 2006." Brendan also published a Dunfanaghy Walking Guide, 'Rambles and Ramblings of a Blow-in' in 2000 and a 2nd edition in 2010, it is available free to download on www. corcreggan.com. Brendan still has some copies of 'On a Wing and a Prayer' available for sale priced €10, you can contact him on brendanr@eircom.net or Corcreggan Mill on 074 91 36409. WF

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