Now We Shall Be Entirely Free

“Mr. Miller strikes an impressive balance between adventure and atmosphere.”—The Wall Street Journal

When Captain John Lacroix returns home from Spain, wounded, unconscious, and alone, he believes that he has seen the worst of what men may do. It is 1809, and in England’s wars against Napoleon, the Battle of Corruna stands out as a humiliation: a once-proud army forced to retreat, civilized men reduced to senseless acts of cruelty.

Slowly regaining his ...