An acclaimed historian of the Anglo-Zulu War, John Laband turns history on its head in this compelling alternate history. After the Zulu triumph at Isandlwana, the iconic defense of Rorke’s Drift is reversed: the British garrison is defeated. This pivotal moment allows the victorious Zulu impi to invade Natal, changing the course of the war and offering a tantalizing glimpse of a very different outcome for the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.