Windrush - Cry Havelock by Malcolm Archibald

Windrush - Cry Havelock by Malcolm Archibald

Captain Jack Windrush and the infamous 113th Foot are assigned to India, just before the Indian Mutiny breaks out.

Returning from a five-day march with his company, Jack finds that the sepoys have rebelled and massacred their officers, and most of the other company of the 113th. Gathering together a number of survivors, Jack and his company fight their way out of the cantonment and escape.

After Jack learns that the British are besieged by a large rebel army, he takes his men to Allahabad to relieve Cawnpore, and meet with General Havelock. He proves to be a capable commander, but lacks manpower.

As the war rages around them, Jack faces new challenges - both military and personal.

Malcolm Archibald has worked as everything from a postman to a college lecturer. Scottish Wars, Mother Law, which came in second place in the inaugural Dundee Book Award, Whales for the Wizard, which received the Dundee Book Prize, and The Darkest Walk, which won the People's Book Prize, are among his works.