Bob van Laerhoven was born on August 8th, 1953 in the sandy soil of Antwerp's Kempen, a region in Flanders (Belgium), bordering The Netherlands, where according to the cliché 'pig-headed clodhoppers' live.
This, perhaps, explains why he started to write stories at a particularly young age. A number of his stories have been published in English, French, German, Polish, Spanish, and Slovenian.
1916, Bois de Bolante, France. The battles in the trenches are raging fiercer than ever. In a deserted mineshaft, French sappeurs discover an unconscious man, and nickname him The Mole.