English Mercenary Books in Order

Captain James Bretherton hopes marriage and accumulated wealth will let him leave campaigning behind and train soldiers instead. Gustavus Adolphus’s need for an experienced cavalry commander draws him back toward the Swedish army and the Protestant war effort.

Orphaned and penniless after a privileged upbringing, James Bretherton finds help from two English mercenaries. Joining their military life pulls him into the Thirty Years War, where religious divisions and shifting loyalties complicate his search for a future.

James Bretherton returns from family life to command in Gustavus Adolphus’s army as Germany’s religious war reaches another crisis. Ambitious allies and concealed enemies complicate the campaign, testing his principles and his ability to protect those he loves.