In the war of the First Coalition, friend and foe know one simple truth: trust your ally at your own peril. February 1793. Private Sebastian Krombach has joined the army to escape the boredom of life in his father's fishing fleet. Captain Werner Brandt yearns to leave his post and retire into civilised society and Lieutenant Erich von Bomm wants nothing more than to survive his latest escapade that has provoked yet another duel. Each man is a King's German; when they are called to war, their lives will become inextricably linked. The redcoats of the 2nd Battalion, 10th Regiment, must survive the divisions that sweep through their ranks before they are tested in combat. On the border of France, the King's Germans will face an enemy desperate to keep the Revolution alive: the Black Lions of Flanders.