Sepoy Mutiny

1857, India: The sepoys, native soldiers serving in the British Army, are massing in response to a prophecy predicting the end of the reign of the British East India Company. Alexander Sheridan—in command of a scratch cavalry force of civilian volunteers, unemployed officers, and loyal Indian soldiers—stands against atrocities on both sides of the conflict, judging all by their merit rather than by the color of their skin or the details of their religion.