I Read Books: The Colonel's Renegade
Captain John Caspasian is back, back with his Ghurka regiment that is, which has been stationed in Cairo. Unfortunately due to him being sent away on his detached adventures (see The Viceroy’s Captain and The General’s Envoy) there is no rifle company in need of a commander and he finds himself appointed Quartermaster.
To the annoyance of his Colonel he’s requested to take a military escort for an archaeological expedition, for which he’s given a section of misfits and malcontents. Of course there’s attacks from tribal Arabs in the area, but also a conspiracy aimed at the heart of British power in Egypt...
Anyway, there’s some adventures, Caspasian has a bit of romance again, and there’s some brief explanation of how Ghurka regiments work from the inside, in practice, rather than in theory.
Read This: For more 1920s adventure fiction, with less of the nonsense and racism of actual 1920s adventure fiction.
Don’t Read This: If the fate of the Suez Canal interests you not at all.
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