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The Horns of the Buffalo. This book introduces the young Lieutenant Simon Fonthill. Set in the 1879 Zulu campaign, he gets caught up in the massacre at Isandlwana and later finds himself at the Rorke's Drift mission attempting to withstand the Zulu onslaught.
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The Road to Kandahar This is the second book in the Simon Fonthill series. It sees the hero on the North West Frontier caught up in the Afghanistan campaign of 1880. Will Fonthill survive to warn Roberts of the united force that is set to rise up against him? Or is it his fate to perish in the mountains at the hands of a brutal enemy?
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The Diamond Frontier The third book in the series sees Simon Fonthill back in South Africa. There is trouble brewing on the border and a friend is kidnapped in the Wild West type frontier around the Kimberley diamond mines. But when General Wolseley decides to lead his column against the impenetrable stronghold of the bePedi, Fonthill once again finds himself marching to war!
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Last Stand at Majuba Hill The fourth book of the series sees Simon Fonthill still caught up in events in South Africa. The year is 1881 and he is given an urgent diplomatic mission during the First Boer War. But the greatest test is yet to come. As the Queen's men Boers converge on the imposing heights of Majuba Hill for an epic battle.
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The Guns of El Kebir The fifth book will see Simon Fonthill caught up in the events in Egypt in 1882.
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