Publisher's Synopsis
A new adventure for Captain Jack Crossman Captain "Fancy Jack" Crossman has been sent to New Zealand, where the Maori Wars are in progress. His remit is to map the country and set up a network of spies. In conflict, he finds that the Maori are an honourable and formidable enemy. However, nefarious Europeans are at work, enriching themselves as land agents. Jack becomes entangled with one of these agents, the devious brother of his lifetime burden, Private Harry Wynter, and is in danger of being sucked down into a morass of wicked affairs. When the final revelation comes, Jack realises just how heinous these crimes are. He knows that he must hunt down and destroy such monstrous evils, despite the risk of death
