Sharpe’s Tiger by Bernard Cornwell

In 1799, young Private Richard Sharpe finds himself in the heat of British India’s war against the Tippoo Sultan of Mysore. A rough, defiant soldier from the slums of London, Sharpe faces impossible odds as he infiltrates enemy lines to help capture the fortress city of Seringapatam. Amid the chaos of espionage, betrayal, and brutal combat, Sharpe’s courage and cunning make him an unlikely hero in the ranks of His Majesty’s army. The beginning of Bernard Cornwell’s celebrated Sharpe series, Sharpe’s Tiger combines relentless adventure with vivid historical realism — a tale of war, honor, and survival at the dawn of empire.