Robert Michael Ballantyne 
Blue Lights [EPUB ebook] 

‘Blue Lights’ tells the story of Miles Milton, a prodigal that struggles with authority, and, like the prodigal son in Scripture, must learn the lessons of life the hard way. Through a series of events, he joins the British army…
Robert Michael Ballantyne was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books, and ‘Blue Lights’ is one of his best novels.