#1 – Soldier of the Queen
1877: When his family loses their home, to Jack Roberts, who has grown up hearing stories of the Crimean war and the magnificent charge of the Heavy Brigade, the choice between working in a dangerous factory or enlisting in the army and putting on the famed…
#2 – Redcoat’s Rifle
The British Army at the end of the nineteenth century was not a fair place. Despite the reforms, a bad officer could still ruin men’s lives and Jack Roberts discovers that despite being a hero of Rorke’s Drift, that means nothing when a superior has influence.…
#3 – Omdurman
Being a soldier of the queen at the end of the nineteenth century meant spending much of your time abroad. Jack Roberts is a hero and a good soldier but he is torn between his career and his son who is looked after in England. When…
#4 – Desert War
Jack Roberts is back from the Sudan and with a crippling wound, no longer an active soldier. When he is sent to Iran to help find oil for British battleships he has to leave home once more. This time he leaves a son who is about…
#5 – An Officer and a Gentleman
Griff Roberts and the Desert Group find themselves the only British soldiers guarding a huge tract of Egyptian desert. When foreign powers begin to encroach on the land and to raid the caravans, it is up to the beleaguered garrison of Fort Farafra to do something…
#6 – For King and Country
September, 1905: Captain Roberts has returned to England, feeling uncertain of his future after the exploits of Fort Farafra. Recently married and on the cusp of fatherhood, he hopes to revert to a career with the regular army. Instead, his life takes a perilous turn when…