Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cornwell
I've been curious about this series for a long time. Ever since first seeing them while at work, my curiosity was piqued. That curiosity grew even more after seeing Cornwell's books brought to life when PBS aired a few episodes of the Sharpe movies they made - featuring Sean Bean (the ladies love Sean, and I won't deny that I'm one of them). But the stories were solid, full of action and intrigue. After contemplating what to read next and realizing that I obviously wasn't going to stick to my To Be Read list, I ordered this up from the library. This is the very beginning for Sharpe when he's still a private in the British army and has to pose as a deserter for a mission. Success means seargent stripes. Failure means possibly getting eaten by tigers. It's said that a good writer knows how to hook a reader with the first sentence. This was one of those books where I started reading and decided, "Yep, I'm going to have fun with this one."
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