Henry Mill Phillips is a pen name. The author spent his formative years and working life in Birmingham and the Black Country before retiring to South Wales. Married, he is a lifelong martial artist with an interest in military history and a passion for nature and all of her creatures.
A tale of six country orphans uprooted and transplanted into a dark world of soot and smoke. They have no choice but to adapt, none more successfully than big brother Abe, now a respected police sergeant in confident control of the rough streets of the Black Country in the 1880s, ready for anything ...