The author of the book ‘A Call to Arms’ is Allan Mallinson. ‘A Call to Arms’ is the 4th book in Allan Mallinson’s Matthew Hervey series. The story is about Matthew Hervey, who is recalled to take up arms against Burmese rebels massing on the frontier with India. In the story, Harvey purchases a new commission after a chance meeting with Shelley at Percy Bysse in Rome, and he is refitted for the uniform of the 6th Light Dragoons.