The Emerald Scourge (For Empire Book 1)
Description
1914: The world is being driven towards disaster. Great Houses are rushing towards the war to end all wars and every man and woman must choose what to believe in and where their loyalties lie. Sometimes even mighty Empires need saving - often by individuals who have made their own choices.
This exciting adventure novella sees Jack Colton an itinerant Times newspaper reporter and ex- soldier thrown into the disparate company of men and women with their own ideas about freedom and justice. With his old university pal, Dicky, Anton a French thief and sometime aviator, the cool and attractive Dorothy, mysterious Maleena, Gulham the hill bandit and the calm and deadly James Hunter he is catapulted across India in a desperate attempt to avoid a bloody uprising and the collapse of British influence in the sub - continent.
The evil cult of The Emerald Scourge - a notorious branch of the dreaded Thugee - has risen to spread death and destruction across the whole of India and Jack's duty brings him into direct confrontation with the the cult, it's mad leader Subran Khan and the might and destructive force of the Kaiser's new Germany.
Gun battles and chaotic train chases along the dangerous Afghan border lead the small force face to face with madness and evil. Jack faces his own fear of snakes and has to take on Shiva, a huge man eating crocodile in a fight foe life.
A final deadly battle and a climax fought out in the sky - high above the Himalayas all contribute to this, the gripping first installment of the 'For Empire' series. Part 2 'The Crimson Death' is due out soon!
This exciting adventure novella sees Jack Colton an itinerant Times newspaper reporter and ex- soldier thrown into the disparate company of men and women with their own ideas about freedom and justice. With his old university pal, Dicky, Anton a French thief and sometime aviator, the cool and attractive Dorothy, mysterious Maleena, Gulham the hill bandit and the calm and deadly James Hunter he is catapulted across India in a desperate attempt to avoid a bloody uprising and the collapse of British influence in the sub - continent.
The evil cult of The Emerald Scourge - a notorious branch of the dreaded Thugee - has risen to spread death and destruction across the whole of India and Jack's duty brings him into direct confrontation with the the cult, it's mad leader Subran Khan and the might and destructive force of the Kaiser's new Germany.
Gun battles and chaotic train chases along the dangerous Afghan border lead the small force face to face with madness and evil. Jack faces his own fear of snakes and has to take on Shiva, a huge man eating crocodile in a fight foe life.
A final deadly battle and a climax fought out in the sky - high above the Himalayas all contribute to this, the gripping first installment of the 'For Empire' series. Part 2 'The Crimson Death' is due out soon!
