Description
Jack Lark barely survived the Battle of the Alma. In hospital, wounded, he grasps a chance to prove himself a leader once more. Poor Captain Danbury is dead, but Jack will travel to his new regiment in India, under his name. Jack soon finds more enemies, but this time they're on his own side. Exposed as a fraud, he's rescued by the chaplain's beautiful daughter. They seek refuge with the Maharajah of Sawadh, the charismatic leader whom the British Army must subdue. In return for his safety, Jack must train the very army the British may soon have to fight...