Family matters come to the fore when Andrew Baird, son of General 'Fighting Jack' Windrush, travels to Burma to help free a young girl captured by a dacoit chief.

While fighting both dacoits and King Thibaw’s soldiers along the banks of the Irrawaddy, Andrew realises he is in danger of losing his girl. Can he obtain a free pardon for Bo Thura and retain Mariana?

Set against the backdrop of the 1885 Burmese War, THE CHILL OF THE IRRAWADDY is the third book in Malcolm Archibald's series of historical war novels.