Set in the mid-1960s in the bright heat of Aden, Yemen, The Last Post focuses on a unit of royal military police officers and their families. Their work is twofold: half soldiers and half policemen facing constant insurgency and a threat. Danger is everywhere. Hand grenades, mines and sniper attacks are a constant threat. As the insurgency has a real hold and a currency of the victims, it becomes harder for everyone not to start asking big questions. What are we doing here? Correct? As the old order of the fifties breaks away, who will survive and who will trample?