Anil Raje is the king.

A native of Mysore with three decades of experience as a journalist, he has worked for prestigious media organizations like The Hindu Business Line, Business Standard, The Economic Times and Andolana Evening Daily.

This book is the result of the author's desire to explain the strategic role of the Mysore Lancers, the unrivaled cavalry of the Maharaja of Mysore, in the Great War of 1914-18 (First World War).

They fought the Ottomans and Germans with only swords and spears and proved their valor. This book is an attempt to summarize the adventures of the heroes of the Mysore State who liberated the Suez Canal (Egypt) in 1915 and the cities of Haifa, Jerusalem, Gaza, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine and Aleppo in the Middle East after 1917.