Newly promoted Major Richard Sharpe leads his small force into the cold of the winter mountains. His task is to rescue the women held hostage by a rabble of des... » 

Newly promoted Major Richard Sharpe leads his small force into the cold of the winter mountains. His task is to rescue the women held hostage by a rabble of deserters. But one of the renegades is Sergeant Hakeswill, Sharpe's most implacable enemy. And the rescue is the least of Sharpe's problems. «