When William Dudley enlists as a private in the Royal Hampshire Fusiliers, he discovers that life in the army of Queen Victoria is not the romantic adventure he had expected. Transported to the Crimean Peninsula, his dreams of glory are confronted by the harsh reality of war and death.Promoted to sergeant on the battlefield barely more than a year after his enlistment, Dudley must learn to command and inspire the soldiers he is called on to lead, and do so in the face of death and destruction beyond anything he had ever imagined. Harold R. Thompson is the author of the bestselling "Empire and Honor" series of historical adventure novels, which include Dudley's Fusiliers, Guns of Sevastopol and Sword of the Mogul. He has also written non-fiction and short science fiction and fantasy for a variety of print and online magazines. He lives in Nova Scotia and, when not writing or spending time with his family, works for Parks Canada. William Dudley abandons the academic career his family expects him to pursue to join the military at the height of power of the British Empire.
