No one knows the East better than Flashman. Everyone thinks so except himself, and therefore the hero is forced to risk his head for the glory of Queen Victoria. According to British intelligence reports, the main jewel of the imperial crown is in danger. Behind the cozy façade of the Land of white elephants and pampered maharajas, some vague discontent is brewing. To figure out what game the Russians, the main rivals for dominance in Asia, are playing, and what the slacker Indians themselves are planning, Flashman will have to step on the tail of his fears, stick his head into loop, swim across a river infested with gharials, and take part in one of the most tragic events of the Great Game - the famous Sepoy Mutiny. This page of world history will not leave anyone indifferent. For there is neither glory nor justification in it - neither for one’s own nor for strangers.