The year is 1824; the 6th Light Dragoons are still stationed in India and the talk is of war. For the Burmese are becoming ever more bold in their cross-border raids while in Rajputana the rightful claimant to the throne has been usurped by cruel warmonger Durjan Sal. With conflict now looming on two fronts, British troops must intervene.

Durjan Sal has taken refuge in the infamous and purportedly impregnable fortress of Bhurtpore and the trial ahead will test Captain Matthew Hervey and his newly blooded troop to their very limits, their fortunes to be decided by the sabre’s edge…