Omdurman

by Griff Hosker Book 3 in the Soldier of the Queen series.

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Jack Roberts has spent much of his adult life serving abroad while his son is raised in England, creating a growing conflict between military duty and family responsibility. When Mahdist power expands in the Sudan, Jack is recalled to the desert regiment he helped form and sent once more into a campaign far from home.

Operations behind enemy lines expose his men to heat, distance, thirst and difficult terrain as well as armed opposition. Jack’s knowledge of desert warfare makes him valuable, but every success prolongs the separation he increasingly resents. The campaign moves toward the Anglo-Egyptian advance that culminates at Omdurman in 1898, where modern firepower and imperial ambition reshape the struggle for the Sudan.