#1 – The Triumph of the Sun
Sudan, 1884. Khartoum is surrounded by the forces of Muhammad Ahmad, the Mahdi, as General Charles Gordon attempts to hold the city for the Egyptian government. Penrod Ballantyne, trader Ryder Courtney and the Benbrook family are among those trapped inside. The siege is grounded in the…
#2 – King of Kings
Egypt and Ethiopia in the late 1880s and 1890s. Amber Benbrook leaves Penrod Ballantyne and travels to Addis Ababa with Saffron and Ryder Courtney, who hope to develop a mine under the protection of Emperor Menelik II. The approaching confrontation reflects Menelik’s consolidation of Ethiopia and…
#3 – Fire on the Horizon
South Africa, 1899. Penrod Ballantyne is sent to Mafeking to recruit and train defenders as war approaches between Britain and the Boer republics. Amber accompanies him until the outbreak of fighting forces civilians to seek safety. The defence of Mafeking makes preparation, supply and civilian morale…