Tony Allan - Children's author. Escaping his life as a farmhand in rural England, 13 year old Dan Wolfe jumps ship as a stowaway bound for Lisbon. There he enlists as a drummer boy in Wellington 's army fighting the French in the Peninsular War. Rich in Napoleonic detail and culminating in the bloody siege of Badajoz , In the Line of Fire is the first in a quartet of historical adventures that will follow Dan to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

In the Line of Fire was sold to Usbornein a four book contract. Tony Allan is the author of many childrens books including Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Usborne, 1997 shortlisted for the TSB Children's Book Prize) and Mystery on Main Street (Usborne, 1996).

Titles by Tony Allan

In The Line of Fire