‘Swashbuckling, suspenseful and elegantly plotted' Vanora Bennett, author of The People’s Queen
September 1810. Raids across the Straits of Messina to disrupt preparations for the French invasion of the island have been repulsed with heavy casualties. George Warne, a bright young British officer, suspects treachery back in Messina, and is ordered to investigate. Warne uncovers a shadowy underworld of spies, traitors and informers where nothing is quite as it seems and where danger lurks around every corner.
If the long-threatened French invasion erupts will Sicily’s defenders be prepared?
'A cracking story… George Warne is a great addition to the roll-call of fictional soldier-heroes of the Napoleonic wars, from Sharpe of the Rifles to Hervey of the Light Dragoons. More please' Dominick Donald, author of Breathe
Winner of the SAHR Prize for Military Fiction
