The Devil’s Assassin
JACK LARK: SOLDIER, LEADER, IMPOSTER.
The third book in the gripping military adventure series for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Matthew Harffy and Simon Scarrow.
‘Paul Collard has become one of the most readable figures in Historical Fiction’ Parmenion Books
‘Paul Fraser Collard commands the genre of historical action adventure with as much aplomb as Jack Lark commands his troops’ Matthew Harffy
‘If you loved Bernard Cornwell, then you’ll love this’ The Founding Fields
Bombay, 1857. Jack Lark is living precariously as an officer when his heroic but fraudulent past is discovered by the Devil – Major Ballard, the army’s intelligence officer. Ballard is gathering a web of information to defend the British Empire, and he needs a man like Jack on his side. Not far away, in Persia, the Shah is moving against British territory and, with the Russians whispering in his ear, seeks to conquer the crucial city of Herat. The Empire’s strength is under threat and the army must fight back.
As the British march to war, Jack learns that secrets crucial to the campaign’s success are leaking into their enemies’ hands. Ballard has brought him to the battlefield to end a spy’s deceit. But who is the traitor?
THE DEVIL’S ASSASSIN sweeps Jack Lark through a thrilling tale of explosive action as the British face the Persian army in the inky darkness of the desert night.
THE DEVIL’S ASSASSIN: JACK LARK BOOK 3
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READERS CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF JACK LARK:
‘The Devil’s Assassin is yet another win from a writer at the top of his game.’
‘Life and death on the frontline is so viscerally described that you can smell and taste the blood and powder’
‘Everything you need in an historical military novel. Intrigue, deception, the horror of combat, revenge…’
‘Jack Lark is a hero I’ll happily follow’
‘Jack Lark is one of my favourite literary creations of the modern swathe of historical fiction.’
The third book in the gripping military adventure series for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Matthew Harffy and Simon Scarrow.
‘Paul Collard has become one of the most readable figures in Historical Fiction’ Parmenion Books
‘Paul Fraser Collard commands the genre of historical action adventure with as much aplomb as Jack Lark commands his troops’ Matthew Harffy
‘If you loved Bernard Cornwell, then you’ll love this’ The Founding Fields
Bombay, 1857. Jack Lark is living precariously as an officer when his heroic but fraudulent past is discovered by the Devil – Major Ballard, the army’s intelligence officer. Ballard is gathering a web of information to defend the British Empire, and he needs a man like Jack on his side. Not far away, in Persia, the Shah is moving against British territory and, with the Russians whispering in his ear, seeks to conquer the crucial city of Herat. The Empire’s strength is under threat and the army must fight back.
As the British march to war, Jack learns that secrets crucial to the campaign’s success are leaking into their enemies’ hands. Ballard has brought him to the battlefield to end a spy’s deceit. But who is the traitor?
THE DEVIL’S ASSASSIN sweeps Jack Lark through a thrilling tale of explosive action as the British face the Persian army in the inky darkness of the desert night.
THE DEVIL’S ASSASSIN: JACK LARK BOOK 3
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
READERS CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF JACK LARK:
‘The Devil’s Assassin is yet another win from a writer at the top of his game.’
‘Life and death on the frontline is so viscerally described that you can smell and taste the blood and powder’
‘Everything you need in an historical military novel. Intrigue, deception, the horror of combat, revenge…’
‘Jack Lark is a hero I’ll happily follow’
‘Jack Lark is one of my favourite literary creations of the modern swathe of historical fiction.’
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Reviews
The spirit of Sharpe lives again in another time, in another war, in the guise of Jack Lark
A confident, rich and exciting novel that gave me all the ingredients I would want for a historical adventure of the highest order
Savage, courageous, and clever
Brilliant
I love a writer who wears his history lightly enough for the story he's telling to blaze across the pages like this. Jack Lark is an unforgettable new hero
The Devil's Assassin could well have been a Sharpe tale . . . Collard has become one of the most readable figures in historical fiction
