An essay prequel to the Causton Series At seventeen, William Causton is young, fit and healthy. In his last term at school, he is as happy and content as a young man could be, a future he welcomes clearly mapped out before him. Then, on a summer day of cloudless blue skies a summons arrives, and he takes his first step into that future. Only now, nothing is certain. This is a short introduction to William whose life and children form the core of The Causton Series, which begins in full novel form as The Army’s Daughter.