It was a hard winter. For Richard Sharpe it was the worst he could remember. He had lost his command to a wealthy man – a man with money to buy the promotion Sharpe coveted. And from England comes his oldest enemy – the ruthless, indestructible Hakeswill – utterly determined to ruin Sharpe.But Sharpe is determined to change his luck. And the surest way is to lead the bloody attack on the impregnable fortress town of Badajoz, a road to almost certain death – or unimagined glory…SHARPE’S COMPANYanother magnificent, breathtaking adventure.