Book description
Lieutenant Sven Tveskoeg is in disgrace. His victory on Hekati, and
the emperor's favour, have turned his patron against him: General
Indigo Jaxx wants Sven dead. Exiled to Wildeside, Sven waits for
Jaxx's assassin. He hunts, he fieldstrips his weapons, he tries not to
mind. At the age of 28, he's lived longer than he expected anyway.
But then Sven finds himself offering to save the life of Jaxx's son.
This means returning to Farlight, where he finds that the emperor is
missing, his empire is collapsing, there are murderous riots in the
capital and General Jaxx stands on the edge of ruin. All Sven has to
do is nothing. But when has he ever done anything that sensible...
The devil-may-care, not quite 100% human, mercenary soldier/killing
machine known as Lieutenant Sven Tveskoeg and his like-minded team,
the Aux, are back in a third explosive, non-stop action-filled adventure.
Smartly dressed, resourceful and discreet, David Gunn has undertaken
assignments in Central America, the Middle East and Russia (among many
other places). He is happiest when on the move and tends not to stay in
one town or city for very long. He comes from a service family, has an
impressive collection of edged weapons and sleeps with a shotgun under
his bed. He has written two previous novels featuring Sven Tveskoeg and
the Aux:
Death's Head
and
Maximum Offence
.
