The Crimson Sign / A Narrative of the Adventures of Mr. Gervase Orme, Sometime Lieutenant in Mountjoy's Regiment of Foot

The narrative follows Mr. Gervase Orme, a young lieutenant in Mountjoy's regiment, through military and personal trials amid the turmoil of 1689. Episodes range from tense marches, sieges, and trench fighting to daring rescues, covert departures to the ships, and confrontations marked by treachery and stratagem. Alongside figures such as Captain Macpherson and a troubled vicomte, Orme becomes entangled with a heroine whose arrival shifts loyalties, endures courtroom-like judgments and stormy interviews, and witnesses renunciations and deliverances that test courage, honour, and steadfastness.