In October 1863, Ian Steele, having taken on the identity of Captain Samuel Forbes, is fighting the Pashtun on the north-west frontier in India.
As their relationshi.
In London, Ella, the love of Ian\'s life, is unhappily married to Count Nikolai Kasatkin.
Neither is aware their lives will change beyond recognition in the year to come.
Half a world away, the real Samuel Forbes is a lieutenant in the 3rd New York Volunteers and is facing the Confederates at the Battle of Mission Ridge in Tennessee.
In October 1863, Ian Steele, having taken on the identity of Captain Samuel Forbes, is fighting the Pashtun on the north-west frontier in India