Fonthill sets out on another expedition with his wife Alice, and old comrade Jenkins. It is machine guns against muskets as the cruel and brave monks, fighting on their own terrain among the clouds, o
North West India, July 1897. Simon and Alice Fonthill are travelling with their old friend Jenkins to Marden, India for an anniversary party with the Guides Corps. But when they are ambushed on their
North West India, July 1897. Former army scout Simon Fonthill and his wife Alice are travelling with their old friend Jenkins to India for an anniversary party with the Guides Corps. However, an ambus
September, 1900. South Africa. Simon Fonthill, along with his wife Alice, “352” Jenkins, and tracker Mzingeli, is travelling to Pretoria to meet with General Kitchener. With information that the next
1884. Queen Victoria’s hero General Gordon is under siege. Hoards of Dervish warriors, loyal to the Mahdi, the Sudanese warlord and Messiah, are baying for British blood. With a small army and diminis
In 1879, the North West Frontier, India’s border with Afghanistan, provides the greatest opportunity for action and advancement for any officer in the British army. But it also guarantees the most ris
1914. Simon Fonthill, a fit 59-year-old, is visiting his farm in Northern Rhodesia when the Great War breaks out. With him, as always, is his wife Alice, but also his old comrade and former batman, 35
In 1897, the British redcoats are universally regarded as the finest fighting force in the world. Among them is Lieutenant Simon Fonthill, dispatched to South Africa with much to prove—for Colonel Cov
1903. The British Empire is at the height of its power across the world. But Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, has different views. He decides to invade and recruits Simon Fonthill to lead a battalio
Like so many other men, Jim Hickman and Bertie Murphy are plunged into this nightmare and unbeknownst to them, a terrible tragedy is looming… As the war progresses, Jim receives honor after honor, whi
Into the maelstrom of the Chinese Boxer rebellion land former captain and army scout Simon Fonthill, his wife Alice and '352' Jenkins, Fonthill's former batman and trusted comrade. Threatened by the B
1914. British forces are desperately holding off the German invasion in France. The only respite from attack comes as star shells fly high into the night, freezing the action and illuminating the chao
After the foreigner-hating Boxers in 1900 China begin the Siege of Peking, Simon Fonthill, "352" Jenkins and Chang, a British missionary's adopted son, embark on a dangerous mission to slip through en
Adventurer Simon Fonthill is forced to take sides in the last and most tragic battle?of 19th-Century British South Africa, in this gripping military adventure?In the African Cape, Simon Fonthill?one-t
In the African Cape, Simon Fonthill?one-time subaltern and ex-captain in the North West Frontier’s Royal Corps of Guides?and his wife Alice find themselves on tribal land and at the mercy of ruthless
News of Ahmed Arabi's uprising against the Anglo-French in Egypt?has caused great alarm in London. The French opt not to fight and retire from the country, but the British land a force led by Sir Gar
The year is 1881 and General George Pomeroy-Colley, commander of the British forces in Natal, is planning to halt a rebellion. He's convinced the Transvaal Boers?mere farmers?can pose no serious threa
1842. Twenty-five-year-old Joshua Weyland is languishing in Key West, USA, desperate to return to England to marry his fiancé. He ships as second mate on a small brig bound for Bristol. But when the s
The atmosphere is volatile in the South African province of the Transvaal at the start of 1880. The discovery of diamonds has bred greed as a strong anti-British feeling is taking hold amongst the Boe
