"Bosoms and brawn...a rich and rangy novel. Like the heroes of all good yarns, Ram is triumphant in both battle and bed. " Raleigh News and ObserverThe epic story of swashbuckling soldier-of-fortune Ram Anstruther, living a life of bloodshed from the moment he's found as a baby in the arms of his dead mother on the battlefield of Ramilles, Belgium in 1706. He's adopted by a young English soldier, who names him after the battle and raises him in Yorkshire, where Ram becomes an expert horseman, swordsman and soldier. His exceptional skills, his lust for adventure (and women), and his unquenchable thirst for revenge, will drive him around the globe, from England to Austria, from India to the American frontier, to his meet his unforgettable, heroic destiny.