Captain Richard Sharpe has to lead the attack on the terrible fortress. It is a hard winter. For Richard Sharpe it is the worst he can remember. He has lost command to a man who could buy the promotion Sharpe covets. His oldest enemy the ruthless & indestructible Hakeswill joins the regiment & he is a man with a mission to ruin Sharpe. But Sharpe is determined to change his luck. The only way
- a desperate choice
- is to volunteer the Forlorn Hope to lead the attack on the impregnable fortress town of Badajoz a road to almost certain death or just possibly to heroic glory. 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.