Back in London for a well-earned home leave, Captain James Ogilvie of the 114th Queen’s Own Royal Strathspeys finds he can’t escape the duties of the Raj for long.
For obviously false charges have been brought against a lance-duffardar of the Kohat Light Horse and it is Ogilvie’s job to find out who wants him out of the way and why.
His investigations lead to an unthinkable conclusion: the accused man’s squadron commander is colluding with the notorious Wolf of the Salt Range – a dreaded frontier bandit.
Such a betrayal has worrying implications for the security of North-West Frontier with the potential to pave the way for a second mutiny.
Back in India, Ogilvie must perform spy on a fellow British soldier as he tries to lure the traitorous Soames into showing his hand.
But the Punjab hills are no place to hesitate, especially when the threat is lurking from within ...
‘Wolf in the Fold’ is a tense and evocative historical adventure story, rich in period detail. It is the ninth in the Ogilvie series of novels and was originally published under the pen name Duncan MacNeil.
Praise for Philip McCutchan:
"His character conflicts are well organised." — Daily Telegraph
"A most exciting successor to his first novel — and it is just as rugged." — The Times, Hamilton, New Zealand
“Hurtling plot, quick dialogue ...” Kirkus
“Written in the best tradition of Henty, Haggard, and Kipling.” Library Journal
“[McCutchan] vividly captures the mingled glory and brutality of colonial life, his characterization is convincing ... and his fighting scenes, particularly the full-scale engagement that climaxes this story, are exciting.” Publishers Weekly
Philip McCutchan (1920-1996) grew up in the naval atmosphere of Portsmouth Dockyard and developed a lifetime’s interest in the sea. Military history was an early interest resulting in several fiction books, from amongst his large output, about the British Army and its campaigns, especially in the last 150 years.
For obviously false charges have been brought against a lance-duffardar of the Kohat Light Horse and it is Ogilvie’s job to find out who wants him out of the way and why.
His investigations lead to an unthinkable conclusion: the accused man’s squadron commander is colluding with the notorious Wolf of the Salt Range – a dreaded frontier bandit.
Such a betrayal has worrying implications for the security of North-West Frontier with the potential to pave the way for a second mutiny.
Back in India, Ogilvie must perform spy on a fellow British soldier as he tries to lure the traitorous Soames into showing his hand.
But the Punjab hills are no place to hesitate, especially when the threat is lurking from within ...
‘Wolf in the Fold’ is a tense and evocative historical adventure story, rich in period detail. It is the ninth in the Ogilvie series of novels and was originally published under the pen name Duncan MacNeil.
Praise for Philip McCutchan:
"His character conflicts are well organised." — Daily Telegraph
"A most exciting successor to his first novel — and it is just as rugged." — The Times, Hamilton, New Zealand
“Hurtling plot, quick dialogue ...” Kirkus
“Written in the best tradition of Henty, Haggard, and Kipling.” Library Journal
“[McCutchan] vividly captures the mingled glory and brutality of colonial life, his characterization is convincing ... and his fighting scenes, particularly the full-scale engagement that climaxes this story, are exciting.” Publishers Weekly
Philip McCutchan (1920-1996) grew up in the naval atmosphere of Portsmouth Dockyard and developed a lifetime’s interest in the sea. Military history was an early interest resulting in several fiction books, from amongst his large output, about the British Army and its campaigns, especially in the last 150 years.
