Richard Sharpe, asked to help an old friend, meets, at last, thegreatest enemy.
Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe's peaceful retirement in Normand
y is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dea
d at rebel hands - a report his wife refuses to believe.
She appeals to Sharp
e to find out the truth. Sharpe, along with Patrick Harper, find themselves boun
d for Chile via St. Helena, where they have a fateful meeting with the fallen Em
peror Napoleon.
Convinced that they are on their way to collect a corpse, nei
ther man can imagine that dangers that await them in Chile...Soldier, hero, rogu
e - Sharpe is the man you always want on your side. Born in poverty, he joined t
he army to escape jail and climbed the ranks by sheer brutal courage. He knows n
o other family than the regiment of the 95th Rifles whose green jacket he proudl
y wears.
