Get Your Hands On The Journals Of Captain Carew: The Silent Drummer By Geoff Rouse Presented In Brochure

returns in this the followup to Rape, The Raj and The Regiment
The Czar wants India, Britain is resolved to keep it and in between the lion and the bear lies the chaos ofth century Afghanistan.

A British envoy is murdered, a fantastically valuable jewel goes missing in the mountains and the Khyber Pass lies burning with the flames of tribal and imperial conflict.

Through this a drummer boy, struck dumb with fear, staggers out of the mountains unable to tell of the horrors he has seen or the secrets he carries.

A band of bloodied and scarred soldiers are ordered across the northwest frontier to beat the Czars agents and prevent a major war by throwing themselves into a vicious imperial adventure.

Meanwhile, a wagonload of runaway women scramble into the mountains to escape the wrath of the British army and local bandits.

Hate and humour go hand in hand and the soldiers callous brutality is matched by their gallows wit and sarcastic resignation to their fate.

Carew and McBride face bloody battles with the enemy and with their own emotions while the outrages of imperial war and human degradation tear into the minds of the soldiers and the women in one of the bitterest and most unforgiving lands that blood ever flowed over.


What they said about Rape, The Raj and The Regiment
Totally believable, Very flawed

and likable protagonists drawn together against their will, Very well written. Extremely violent war and fighting scenes are very realistic, True, gritty period military fiction here, Can't wait for sequel .

A very enjoyable read which is enhanced by the very authentic sounding soldiers dialogue and an eye for military detail.


A true soldiers tale, politically incorrect with army language and action, I will definitely be reading more of these adventures as they become available, .