Volume #2 of the Markham of the Marines trilogy. Lt. George Markham of Her Majesty's Royal Marines has earned his reputation for trouble. So his superiors assign him to a suicide mission battling the French over the island of Corsica. Surrounded by spies, traitors, and rivals--including a jealous husband--Markham's only hope lies in the men under his command. Enemies abound, in both French blue and British red.