ISBN Company Of Spears book Literary fiction English Paperback 512 pages

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Allan Mallinson brings us another adrenalin-fuelled, absorbing adventure featuring Matthew Hervey. If you like Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell and
CS Forester, you will love this!
'Captain Matthew Hervey is as splendid a hero as ever sprang from an author's pen' --THE TIMES
'A damn fine, rip-roaring read' --LITERARY REVIEW
'The heir to Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester' --OBSERVER
'Outstanding storytelling!' -- ***** Reader review
'Fab read' -- ***** Reader review
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1827: Matthew Hervey is on the look-out for a new posting.
He soon finds one in the
Cape Colonies
, where there is need of a man to re-organise the local forces, and in particular to form a new company of horse.
Accompanied by a captain from the disbanded
Royal African Corps
, Hervey heads out into the great
South African plains
and towards the territory of the
Zulu
and their legendary leader,
King Shaka
. But it is not till he nears the Umtata River that his fiercest battle really begins.
For the Zulus fight like no army he has encountered before.
As Hervey and his troops are plunged into battle, death is only a heartbeat away...
Company of Spearsis the eighth book in Allan Mallinson's Matthew Hervey series. His adventures continue inMan of War. Have you read his previous adventuresA Close Run Thing, The Nizam's Daughters,A Regimental Affair, A Call to Arms, The Sabre's Edge,Rumours of WarandAn Act of Courage?