For someone desperately seeking safety, joining the army on the brink of a full-scale war might not seem like the wisest move. But when your name is high on a Mafia hit-list, escape to battle isn’t such a crazy idea after all.

For, surely, even the Mafia couldn’t track you down to a battlefield thousands of miles away… could they?

Story: Ian Clark

Art: Keith Shone

Cover: Ian Kennedy