Jack Windrush Books in Order
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Jack Windrush books in publication order
12 books
Crimea
by Malcolm Archibald
2016
Jack and the notorious 113th Foot fight their way toward Crimea, where ambition, battle, and a dangerous romance collide. As the Russian army closes in, Jack learns that survival can demand far more than courage.
Windrush
by Malcolm Archibald
2016
In the Burmese War of 1852, young officer Jack Windrush is posted to the disgraced 113th Foot and sent into action at Rangoon. War quickly strips away his ideas about glory, duty, and the empire he serves.
Blood Price
by Malcolm Archibald
2017
At Sevastopol, Jack Windrush and the 113th Foot face storm, siege, and the grinding cost of the Crimean War. When Helen Maxwell reappears among shipwreck survivors, the campaign becomes even more personal.
Cry Havelock
by Malcolm Archibald
2017
India, 1857. After sepoys revolt and slaughter their officers, Jack Windrush gathers survivors and fights clear of the cantonment. To save the besieged, he must march toward Havelock with too few men and too little time.
Jayanti's Pawns
by Malcolm Archibald
2018
Still trapped in the Indian Mutiny, Jack is ordered to hunt a mysterious warrior named Jayanti. Betrayal, hard fighting, and a deadly chase push him toward a final reckoning in the ruins of empire.
Warriors Of God
by Malcolm Archibald
2019
Years after leaving the 113th, Jack is sent to India's Northwest Frontier to investigate gun-running among Pashtun tribes. The mission turns into a struggle against rebellion, shifting loyalties, and enemies who were once friends.
Agent Of The Queen
by Malcolm Archibald
2020
Jack Windrush infiltrates the Fenian Brotherhood as mutiny threatens the British Army. His pursuit carries him through England, Ireland, North America, and a web of intrigue that reaches uncomfortably close to Helen.
The City Of Dreadful Death
by Malcolm Archibald
2020
Shipwreck strands Jack Windrush and his wife Mary on the Gold Coast just as war breaks out with the Ashanti. While Jack fights with the West India Regiment, Mary battles to protect refugees inside Cape Coast Castle.
Beyond The Frontier
by Malcolm Archibald
2021
Jack and the 113th Foot join the 1878 invasion of Afghanistan, training for a war built on fear of Russian influence. Between spies, hard fighting, and doubtful allies, Jack has to get his men home alive.
Farewell To Afghanistan
by Malcolm Archibald
2021
Afghanistan, 1880. Jack Windrush is sent to win over a local khan, only to be swept into a fresh crisis when Ayub Khan threatens a British garrison. Battles, feuds, and a punishing march test him to the limit.
A Ditch In Egypt
by Malcolm Archibald
2022
In 1882, Jack must balance command of the Royal Malverns with covert work for General Hook during the Egyptian rebellion. Heat, politics, and old Fenian enemies turn the campaign into something far more personal.
Baptism Of The Sword
by Malcolm Archibald
2022
Sent as an observer to a British-backed expedition in Sudan, Jack soon finds himself deep in the fighting. When he is ordered to hold an isolated desert village, failure could doom an entire withdrawal.
Jack Windrush books in chronological order

Windrush
by Malcolm Archibald
2016Jack Windrush, Book 1
Crimea
by Malcolm Archibald
2016Jack Windrush, Book 2
Blood Price
by Malcolm Archibald
2017Jack Windrush, Book 3
Cry Havelock
by Malcolm Archibald
2017Jack Windrush, Book 4
Jayanti's Pawns
by Malcolm Archibald
2018Jack Windrush, Book 5
Warriors Of God
by Malcolm Archibald
2019Jack Windrush, Book 6
Agent Of The Queen
by Malcolm Archibald
2020Jack Windrush, Book 7
The City Of Dreadful Death
by Malcolm Archibald
2020Jack Windrush, Book 8
Beyond The Frontier
by Malcolm Archibald
2021Jack Windrush, Book 9
Farewell To Afghanistan
by Malcolm Archibald
2021Jack Windrush, Book 10
A Ditch In Egypt
by Malcolm Archibald
2022Jack Windrush, Book 11
Baptism Of The Sword
by Malcolm Archibald
2022Jack Windrush, Book 12
Series background & context
The Jack Windrush novels are wide-ranging military adventures set across the nineteenth-century British Empire. The series begins with Jack as a young officer in the disreputable 113th Foot and follows him through a long career shaped by war, travel, promotion, divided loyalties, and the slow loss of easy illusions.
He grows up fast.
The early books throw him into Burma, Crimea, and India, where he learns that service is messier than the speeches make it sound. Later novels send him to the Northwest Frontier, West Africa, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Sudan. Archibald uses those campaigns for action, but also for argument. Jack is often caught between what he has been taught to believe and what he can plainly see in front of him, whether that means incompetent superiors, political meddling, covert work, or enemies who make more sense than the men giving orders.
That tension is what gives the series its shape. Jack is brave and capable, but he is not blindly obedient, and the books are better for it. He wants recognition, rank, and a place in the world, yet the closer he gets to power the more complicated the empire looks. Friends return in new roles. Old flames and family ties keep tugging at him. So do spies, rebels, and rival officers. The result is not just a string of battles, but a long character arc about what duty costs over time.
The scale is one of the pleasures here. These books move from regimental life and small-unit fighting to espionage, frontier politics, and full military campaigns. They still keep a personal center, though, because Jack's choices matter as much as the history around him. Archibald is good at showing how a career soldier can be both shaped by events and trapped inside them.
If you want historical war fiction with a lot of momentum, plenty of movement, and a hero who changes as the decades pass, the Windrush series is one of Archibald's biggest and most rewarding projects.
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