Afghanistan, 1839. As the British Empire plays its "Great Game" for control of Central Asia, the Army of the Indus marches into a land of fierce warriors and treacherous mountains. Their mission: to depose one Amir and install another.

Among them are Captain Alistair Cameron, an idealistic officer; Havildar Kishan Singh, a stoic Rajput sepoy; and watching from the Afghan hills, Khorshid, a Ghilzai woman whose life is about to be torn apart by invasion. What begins as a confident assertion of imperial might soon descends into a quagmire of cultural clashes, flawed leadership, and simmering resentment.

When Kabul erupts in a bloody uprising, the British find themselves trapped. Their only hope lies in a desperate winter retreat through the infamous Khyber and Khurd-Kabul passes, a journey into legend where survival is measured in inches and courage is tested beyond breaking point. "Gandamak's Fury: The Road from Kabul" is an epic tale of imperial folly, the devastating human cost of war, and the indomitable spirit of those caught in its unforgiving grip.