Guns of the Dawn-------pan macmillan
Denland and Lascanne have been allies for generations, but now
the Denlanders have assassinated their king, overthrown the monarchy
and marched on their northern neighbour. At the border, the war rages;
Lascanne's brave redcoats against the revolutionaries of Denland.
Emily Marshwic has watched the war take her brother-in-law and now
her young brother. Then comes the call for more soldiers, to a land
already drained of husbands, fathers and sons. Every household must
give up one woman to the army and Emily has no choice but to join the
ranks of young women marching to the front.
In the midst of warfare, with just enough training to hold a musket,
Emily comes face to face with the reality: the senseless slaughter;
the weary cynicism of the Survivor's Club; the swamp's own natives
hiding from the conflict.
As the war worsens, and Emily begins to have doubts about the
justice of Lascanne's cause, she finds herself in a position where her
choices will make or destroy both her own future and that of her
nation.
A standalone, action-packed historical adventure from the esteemed author of the Shadows of the Apt series.