Traitor to the Crown: The Demon Redcoat
Chapter One
New York State, near the Connecticut border
1779
Fourteen hundred hooves pounded the dark, muddy road, mingling with the noise of the raindrops that slapped the sodden trees and the ordinary jangle of soldiers’ gear. The dark green coats of the British Legion riders blended into the backdrop of the night and pouring rain. The cavalry raid was Banastre Tarleton’s first in de pen dent command, and he led from the front. Not, as he heard some whisper, because it kept the mud from being kicked up in his face, but because this was where the action was likely to be.
“They’ll learn,” Tarleton murmured to himself. “War requires men to act like beasts. The sooner we unsheathe our claws, the quicker this rebellion will end.”
He had his own questions about the soldiers he led. The three hundred and fifty men with Tarleton were Loyalists, believers in king and Crown, but they were still Americans. Tarleton would see what they were made of ...
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