
Told his battalion is to be split up due to lack of recruits at home, Sharpe and Harper return to England to investigate. What should have been a simple query turns politically explosive as they come nearer to exposing profiteering on the home front that could jeopardize the Wellington's war.
A tense, gritty journey back to England, where duty clashes with corruption. Experience the stakes of the Napoleonic Wars from the home front, with heroic action and historical weight.

















