On the shores of Northern Africa the British Army is born. The English Civil War is finally over. King Charles II has been restored to the throne and he has grand plans. The Portuguese colony of Tangier has come into his possession and with it the key to power in the Mediterranean. But to hold it he needs an army and all he has are the remnants of the forces that once fought for, and against, the monarchy. They must become the vanguard of his ambitions. James Fitzwilliam is a rogue and a royalist. Taken from his Scottish homeland by his father to fight for the monarchy-in-exile, he has grown up knowing nothing but a soldier's life. Now Fitzwilliam and a band of royalist and parliamentarian troops must learn to fight together if they are to survive this strange new land and the wily and dangerous Moors who hold dominion over it. The test will be greater than they know, and their battles will deliver a lasting legacy...About the Author: I'm now 41 and in denial - thank heavens for my youthful looks and boyish humour. After graduating from the University of Kent with a degree in English and American Literature and Film Studies, I went to work for a movie stills archive called Kobal - great people! But I realised I needed more, so decided to join the Army and see the world. After ten awesome years of military tourism in the Royal Engineers and ETS, I left in 2006, married the woman of my dreams and settled down in Saffron Walden. I also started work for Jagex - a phenomenally successful internet games company. My first novel Redoubt, was published in 2008, six years in the writing and conceived in a portacabin on Sennelager Training Area, I finished the first draft whilst in British Headquarters during Gulf War 2. I went freelance at the end of 2011 and have worked on a number of computer games including Merlin: The Game for Bossa Studios. I provide articles and reviews for Fantasybookreview.co.uk and SFcrowsnest.org as well as book and movie reviews for Soldier magazine. I have four books due out in 2014 after a period of writing and doing nothing about them. The first - The Coming of Night - is out. Tangier, End of Empire and Metropolis to follow... My passions are Star Wars, Games Workshop, cricket and wildlife - all that grizzly bears really need is a good cuddle! Siobhan disagrees...