Robert ross, a sensitive nineteen-year-old Canadian officer, went to war - the war to end all wars. He found himself in the nightmare world of trench warfare; of mud and smoke, of chlorine gas and rotting corpses. In thi...Robert ross, a sensitive nineteen-year-old Canadian officer, went to war - the war to end all wars. He found himself in the nightmare world of trench warfare; of mud and smoke, of chlorine gas and rotting corpses. In this world gone mad, robert ross performed a last desperate act to declare his commitment to life in the midst of death.