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Charge of the Devons on Waggon Hill
From the artwork by W.T. Maud
Veldt Hunter
Veldt Hunter is an action/adventure story set in 1899, the first book in the adventures of Harry Swift, hero of the Boer War. It is aimed at readers of Simon Scarrow, Simon Jones (Essex Dogs), Wilbur Smith and Bernard Cornwell.
When Lieutenant Harry Swift is tasked to infiltrate the besieged town of Ladysmith and catch a Boer spy he must also outwit and enemy on his own side who wants him dead.
On the way he is wounded and saved by headstrong Boer farmer's daughter Helena who finds her loyalties divided over love for her country and love for Swift.
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