Sharpe's Fortress

During a campaign in western India, the British army under Arthur Wellesley, who would later become the Duke of Wellington, is pursuing Mahratta forces that are withdrawing. Marching with the redcoats is Richard Sharpe, recently commissioned as an ensign, who wishes he had remained a sergeant. A betrayal by Sergeant Hakeswill, his long-standing enemy, leaves Sharpe in serious danger and draws him toward the seemingly impregnable ravine beneath the fortress of Gawilghur.

The novel is part of Bernard Cornwell's long-running Richard Sharpe series. Sharpe must win back the confidence and authority he has lost, and to do so he throws himself into the fighting with more daring than he has ever shown.