One bloody night. One lone survivor. One chance of
redemption.
France, 1919. One year after the guns fell silent across the
Western Front, Lieutenant Wilfred Rhodes receives his final
classified mission before he can return to Australia. He must
end the command of Captain Charlie Kingsley, the unhinged
radical leader of the Graves Recovery Unit.
Still haunted by the loss of his platoon in the Battle of
Passchendaele, Rhodes infiltrates Kingsley's unit and works
with the war-weary men to exhume the Australian dead. As
the peaceful French countryside begins to heal Rhodes, he
realises those behind his assignment are hiding something
from him about that fateful night in Passchendaele.
Rhodes quickly faces a crossroads as he feels the pressure
from his superiors, and the allure of Kingsley's promise of a
new utopian life for him and the soldiers. Tensions mount, old
wounds are reopened and the threat of further blood spilled
on French soil looms in the air ...
Night in Passchendaele is a cautionary tale, exploring
our incessant search for belonging and the
extraordinary lengths we will pursue to realise it.


Scott Bennett was born in Bairnsdale, Victoria, and holds an Executive Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management. Over the last twenty years, he has worked for many of Australia's most recognised companies as an executive general manager. In 2003, he visited the Great War battlefields to retrace the steps of his great-uncles, who had fought there, inspiring his first publications.

Beyond his work and writing, Scott leads a quiet life in Hampton, Melbourne, with his partner Alex and daughters, Isabella and Amelia.