The Colonel's Renegade

The Colonel's Renegade

by Anthony Conway (Author)

Synopsis

Caspasian has been reunited with the Gurkhas but he is far from a happy soldier. Stifled by his new posting - quartermaster of the Brigade's regiment in Cairo - his only escape is riding in the desert and his only friend the formidable Havildar Ganga, as frustrated with peacetime soldiering as Caspasian himself. So even a job escorting a spoilt group of archaeologists into the wastes of upper Egypt looks inviting, particularly when Caspasian discovers that a rival French expedition will be travelling with them. The French party contains not only an old comrade from the trenches, Captain Paul Beranger of the Foreign Legion, but also the exquisite Michele Simonin. But the innocent-seeming search for a pharaoh's tomb turns out to be a lethal trap. An explosive mixture of Egyptian nationalism and tribal ferocity awaits Caspasian - and the pitiless desert may well be the most powerful enemy of all.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Published: 05 Sep 2002

ISBN 10: 0340822082
ISBN 13: 9780340822081

Media Reviews
'Set on the Northwest frontier of India, this is pure escapist fiction.' - Independent on Sunday on The Viceroy's Captain 'Intrigue and treachery... a compelling read.' - Coventry Evening Telegraph on The Viceroy's Captain 'As thrilling as Sharpe...The Viceroy's captain is a gripping story of war, intrigue and treachery' - Bolton Evening News on The Viceroy's Captain 'Captain John Caspasian is the new hero in the mould of Sharpe' - Lancashire Evening Post on THE VICEROY'S CAPTAIN
Author Bio
Anthony Conway has been a Gurkha officer and has travelled extensively in the east. He has been a bestselling thriller writer under a pseudonym.