An action-packed historical adventure from Bernard Cornwell's enthralling series on the Napoleonic Wars.

A daring, impossible mission might just be their last hope.

A year after the victory at Talavera, things are looking bleak. With Wellington outnumbered, the bankrupt army's only hope of avoiding collapse is a hidden cache of Portuguese gold. Only Captain Richard Sharpe is capable of stealing it-and it means turning against his own men.