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Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe’s peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands — a report his wife refuses to believe. She appeals to Sharpe to find out the truth.
Sharpe and Patrick Harper find themselves bound for Chile via St. Helena, where they have a fateful meeting with the fallen Emperor Napoleon. Convinced that they are on their way to collect a corpse, neither man can imagine the dangers that await them in Chile…
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New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell