Sergeant Richard Sharpe witnesses a murderous act of treachery & with Sir Arthur Wellesley faces the Mahratta Horde The paths of treachery all lead to the small village of Assaye Outnumbered & outgunned Wellesley with a diminished British army plunges his men into the white heat of battle A battle that will make his reputation & perhaps Sharpe's too Soldier hero rogue
- Sharpe is the man you always want on your side Born in poverty he joined the army to escape jail & climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage He knows no other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudly wears