A boundary dispute between rival tribes in the remote mountains of Waziristan always spells potential danger for the Raj by weakening the borders with hostile Afghanistan. So the High Commissioner immediately sets forth to arbitrate and the 114th Queen's Own Royal Strathspeys are part of his escort into the wild passes south and west of Peshawar. But for Captain James Ogilvie this particular emergency takes a more personal turn when his cousin Hector's attractive young wife, Angela, is kidnapped by one of the warring native factions. So Ogilvie leads a special patrol in search of his cousin's wife, and finds himself used as a counterweight in the bizarre game of blackmail the tribes mistakenly hope to play with the Raj. But in a system where blackmail can never prevail, the lives of the imprisoned pawns are in the greatest peril.
- ISBN10 0727858270
- ISBN13 9780727858276
- Publish Date 26 September 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 February 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Severn House Publishers Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English