August, 1810: Captain Sharpe is tasked by Wellington to recover gold from a feared guerrilla band; a treasure that is crucial to winning the war. But the enemy renegade he faces strikes terror into the hearts of enemy and ally alike. And the enemy has no love for Sharpe, the man who has stolen his woman. But Sharpe's fiercest battles lie with the British officers, ignorant of his deadly secret and mistrustful of his ruthless methods.