Avenging Khartoum

1896—In the heart of the Sudan, the Mahdist Khalifa’s cruel dictatorship faces final retribution. As the British and Egyptian armies under General Kitchener mount a massive campaign to free Khartoum from the fanatic Dervish forces, one young man promises his dying mother to set out and seek the truth of his long-lost father’s fate. Did he die in battle against the Mahdi’s frenzied hordes in 1883? Or did he escape and survive against all odds? Sixteen-year-old Gregory Hilliard stakes his life on discovering the truth. In his quest, he’s helped by his loyal friend Zaki and two British captains working for the Intelligence department—Edgar and Rupert Clinton. Born and raised in Egypt, fluent in native languages, Gregory is pitched into the heat of war as interpreter for the British command, and through battle and peril unravels a tragic and life-enhancing mystery with its roots in far away England.