Griff Roberts and the Desert Group find themselves the only British soldiers guarding a huge piece 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 about it.
Fighting ambush, nature and violent sandstorms, the camel-riding soldiers are tested to their very limit.
An Officer and a Gentleman by Griff Hosker is published on 28 March, 2025. It’s the fifth in his Soldier of the Queen series.
If you like Griff’s books, have a look at his feature, A writer’s career.
You’ll find much more historical fiction in Historia’s round-up of over 160 books published this year.
