John Musgrave

Foreign Legionnaire, Alain Eschbon has painted a picture of La Marianne for the new Corsican banknote, but is the girl French? The authorities in Paris are concerned. Dragoon Raoul Belancoeur is sent to Calvi, Corsica, to find out. Is Colonel Henri Iver, head of 2REP, attempting a cover up? Does the Legion still look after its own?

Jean Gillot, a car thief on the run after the accidental killing of a mafiosi, certainly hopes so. Faced with being thrown out of the legion’s elite parachute regiment, Gillot fears being returned to the mainland. An unlikely plan by his commanding officer offers Jean a way out.

In other stories an ageing pirate radio disc jockey returns to the North Sea. In an elegy for a bygone era Ricky Johnson takes the microphone again bringing together the lost and the lonely
On the remote Scottish coast onetime Legion officer, Martin Calignac, runs an adventure training school. Journalist Stevie Kelso sets out to infiltrate the school as she confronts an age old quandary. Is life really sacred? Can a bunch of legion misfits lead Stevie back to life?

On the Welsh borders an unlikely goth-girl tries for Sandhurst with a little help from an old legionnaire-turned-poacher.

These short stories are set in the Foreign Legion, Scotland and Cornwall, reflecting the strange path pursued by the most unlikeliest heroes.

Soldiers of the Heart is the first book published by John Musgrave and draws on the author’s personal experience.