Lieutenant of the Line (James Ogilvie Book 2)

James Ogilvie had emerged from Sandhurst as a young subaltern bound for his baptism of fire in India.

Two generations of Ogilvies have served the 114th Highlanders, the Queen’s Own Royal Strathspeys.

James Ogilvie is the third generation.

But his career as a subaltern with the 114th Highlanders, The Queen's Own Royal Strathspeys, has offered him ample proof of his superior officer's observation that the Queen's service 'isn't a damn bunfight for old ladies'.

Especially when after a severe reprimand for a disastrous patrol, James is sent on another during which, it is hoped, he will redeem himself.

Yet although this results in what is apparently ignominious failure, it brings an unexpected recruit who, in the ultimate confrontation at Fort Gazai, can help make all the difference between defeat and victory.

But only James can make the bold and risky decision to use this man, unorthodox though it may be, to bring victory.

And only success will justify the decision…

‘Lieutenant of the Line’ is the thrilling sequel to ‘Drums Along the Khyber’, a thrilling historical adventure story, rich in period detail.

"His character conflicts are well organised." — Daily Telegraph

"A most exciting successor to his first novel — and it is just as rugged." — The Times, Hamilton, New Zealand

Philip McCutchan (1920-1996) grew up in the naval atmosphere of Portsmouth Dockyard and developed a lifetime's interest in the sea. Military history was an early interest resulting in several fiction books, from amongst his large output, about the British Army and its campaigns, especially in the last 150 years.

Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.