The eagerly anticipated fourth novel in the William John Hazzard series.
The adventures of Hazzard and the Marines of 9 Company continue...
Late 1799: Napoleon Bonaparte seizes power in Paris, and a Turkish army of 80,000 descends upon Egypt. French general Kl-r wants to get his soldiers home, his only hope a rescue fleet led by the deadly 74-gun G-reux.
William John Hazzard and the marines of 9 Company go on the hunt with Volpone, and sail into the deeps of the Ionian Gyre - where they find hellish terrors in fire and battle, and barely escape with their lives.
When they learn of a plot to kill a great Sultan in Egypt, G-reux attacks - alarms ringing from London to Malta, Hazzard seeks out Shajar al-Durr and Sergent-chef Achille Caron, the fate of a nation hanging by a thread, as armies clash and the assassin strikes.
From brutal combat at sea to the flaming ruins of Heliopolis, this is the epic fourth chapter in the saga of H
