Sharpes Company
Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Badajoz, January to April 1812

It is January 1812. Looming on the border of Portugal and Spain is the fortress of Badajoz. To lead an assault on its thick, sheer walls and battlements is suicide, yet this is Richard Sharpes mission. Inside the walls are his wife and daughter, and only he can save them. Outside is the misshapen, vengeancecrazed Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill, a man determined to kill Sharpe. Sharpe knows that in the heat of battle, only the cold steel of his battered sword and the ruthless bloodlust of a soldier at war will protect him from the danger of both sides.