Sharpe's Triumph by Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe's Triumph is the 1998 historical novel by Bernard Cornwell. It is a fast paced continuation of the Richard Sharpe story in his early, pre-officer days in India. Sharpe is an individual born into the very lowest level of English society with no money, education or connection. However he has an excess of anger and ambition and the fighting skills of a warrior, which he uses fully to advance himself.

After barely surviving a murderous act of treason by a bitter English officer who has joined the mercenary forces of the Mahratta confederation, young Richard Sharpe vows to hunt down the turncoat. Reissue.