Roguish hero Jack Lark - soldier, leader, imposter - crosses borders once more as he pursues a brand-new adventure in Africa.

London, 1868. For five years, Jack Lark has run a thriving club in the backstreets of Whitechapel. But life takes a devastating turn when he refuses to bow down to the East End's most formidable criminal.

A wanted man, Jack flees England. Together with his friend and treasure hunter, Macgregor, he joins the British army on campaign across Abyssinia, a high-stakes mission that returns Jack to the battlefield and on to the fortress of Magdala where the formidable Emperor Tewodros has taken British subjects prisoner.

But life on the run can turn dangerous, especially in a land ravaged by war . . .