Book #6 of the Uncivil Wars series - summer 1646, in which now-Colonel of Sir Thomas Fairfax's horse, Hollie Babbitt, and his faithful, if somewhat marred, lieutenant Thankful Russell are in for a bit of a surprise as they are quartered outside the city of Oxford, laying siege to King Charles. You might expect an enemy emissary, on a wet summer afternoon. You might expect fire and the sword. You probably don't expect your wife and daughters to turn up with the intention of attending your friend's marriage to Oliver Cromwell's daughter.