Intrusion

By Rosalind Minett

Historical fiction. A Relative Invasion is a coming-of-age trilogy set in WW2.

Book One, Intrusion. A fateful rivalry begins . . .

1937 South London. Under threat of war, the parents are blind to the jeopardy their small boy will face on meeting his frail and artistic cousin. The idolised Kenneth is darkly manipulative. Now the same emotions that enable Hitler's rise - envy over strength, desire for new territory - ferment at home. Bullied by uncle and psychologically invaded by cousin, Billy turns for emotional support to a secret icon of power, a Cossack sabre with a fearful history ' and possibly, future.

Intrusion is a tale of resilience and the truth of a child's observation of the troublesome adult world.