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The Eastern Frontier, Cape Colony, 1828. Xhosa tribesmen are making incursions across the border, threatening the stability of the eastern frontier. When Matthew Hervey is recalled to South Africa, he and his troop of mounted rifles come into conflict with Shaka, legendary warrior-king of the Zulu. Warrior is the 10th novel in the bestselling Matthew Hervey series.

Synopsis

1828: Matthew Hervey of the Sixth Light Dragoons has been urgently recalled to South Africa.
The stability of the Cape Colony has been threatened by Xhosa tribesman who have been making incursions across the borders. When Hervey is told by his old friend, Sir Eyre Somervile, that the Zulu warrior king, Shaka, is about to make war on neighbouring tribes, he knows that matters are perilous indeed.

Leaving his new wife and young daughter in England, Hervey speeds to his friend's aid.

He and Somervile journey to meet the Zulu king, but Shaka's royal kraal is a horrifying place. The sentinels at the gates are corpses, and it is soon apparent that Shaka has slaughtered thousands of his own people.

Into this febrile atmosphere ride Hervey, Somervile and their escort of dragoons and mounted rifles. But the sudden death of the Zulu king plunges the region into civil war, with Hervey and his men into terrible danger.

Yet worse is to come. Separated from his troop, Hervey must lead Shaka’s queen across a hostile and perilous land where sanctuary has never seemed further away.

About The Author

Allan Mallinson spent 35 years in the British Army, and commanded one of its oldest cavalry regiments. Allan's knowledge of his regiment led to the creation of Matthew Hervey - a young cavalry officer in Wellington's army during the Napoleonic wars. Critically acclaimed for the characterisation and authentic historical detail, Allan has since developed the adventures of Matthew Hervey across a bestselling series of books, winning new fans and ever more critical plaudits with each new novel.

Allan is also the author of Light Dragoons, A History of four Regiments of British Cavalry, and a regular reviewer for The Times and The Spectator. He lives in Wiltshire.

Reviews and Press Quotes

The Daily Mail

“Hervey's thrilling battles against the vivid backdrop of the developing British Empire make for richly engaging old-fashioned storytelling.”

Times

“Historical fiction readers need look no further.”

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