An Officer's Justice: Book 3 in the Life of William Culpepper

Tipu Sultan is dead. Seringapatam has fallen. The war should be over. It isn't.Captain William Culpepper is tasked with keeping the roads open and the countryside quiet while the garrison rots from fever, and a new threat gathers strength. A former Mysorean general named Dhoondia Waugh is raising an army of ten thousand desperate men, and the British don't have enough healthy soldiers to stop him. When William's own commanding officer collapses with malaria, the medicine that could save him doesn't exist in the army's stores. To find it, William must reach beyond the regiment and into the shadowy intelligence organization left behind by his vanished mentor.That intelligence organization pulls him toward Madras, where the real enemy wears a Company uniform. Convoys are being betrayed from the inside. Movement orders are altered. Receipts vanish to cover stolen supplies. Someone with access and authority is feeding information to a figure known only as the Elephant Trainer, and the trail of corruption runs through the offices of Fort St. George itself. William must unravel the conspiracy before it costs more lives on the frontier, all while navigating Indian politics, a Maratha prince whose help comes with strings attached, and a shadowy courier called the Jackal who answers to no flag.The enemy he faces this time cannot be broken with a bayonet charge. But William Culpepper has learned that some battles are won with ink, patience, and a well-placed shot at ten paces.Perfect for readers of Bernard Cornwell, C.S. Forester, and Patrick O'Brian. Read more