Sam Youd as John Christopher

Codeine was one of the things they had found in the tangled litter that had been the chemist’s shop. Matthew pounded half a dozen tablets up, and mixed them with water in one of the...

Miller planned the operation. His idea was that they should head for Torteval by way of Forest, coming back through King’s Mills. Matthew had reservations about the possibilities of completing a sweep of this extent,...

‘My name’s Miller, Joe Miller.’ ‘Matthew Cotter. And the boy is Billy Tullis.’ He ran his hand roughly through Billy’s hair. ‘Hello, Billy. Had a bit of an accident with your arm, then?’ ‘It got...

He stood looking at Matthew, and laughed. ‘You must listen to me. I was the only one saved, and now there is you and the boy. You to listen to my confession of my sins,...

‘So you’ve survived, too! What part are you from?’ The man made no reply. He was not walking direct to them, but to a spot a few yards away. He stopped, gazing at the abraded...

Food was the most immediate need. The little general shop at the end of the lane. He came to a place where the ground had buckled into a ridge five or six feet high, a...

He went down the dip and up the other side, then climbed over a flattened hedge and headed across a ploughed field towards the airport. The field was tilted, but the landing-strip, in addition, was...

Further down the road, he came on the ruins of more houses. He stood and called out, listening after each call for a sound that might indicate that someone was still living. But there was...