Author: Simon Scarrow Year: 2004 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction
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ISBNs: 9780312374792 9780755301164 0312374798 0755301161 |
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From the publisher (source: The Internet Book List): It is late summer AD44, and the battle-weary Roman legions are in their second year of campaigning against the British tribes. The troops' commander, General Plautius, is under considerable pressure from the emperor to crush the natives once and for all. Centurions Macro and Cato are with the crack Second Legion under the precarious leadership of Centurion Maximus, and it's their task to hold a ford across the River Tamesis when the natives are forced into a trap.
But Maximus's nerve breaks at the critical point, allowing the enemy leader and his men to escape. Outraged by this failure, General Plautius orders the decimation of Macro and Cato's unit. Their choice: die, or escape to become fugitives pursued by soldiers of their own ruthless army. Hiding from their former comrades, as well as the Britons, Cato's small band of fugitives has only one chance to redeem itself before its soldiers are hunted down, like animals.
This book is part of the "Eagle" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Britannia" First published in 2015 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Gladiator" First published in 2009 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Legion" First published in 2009 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Centurion" First published in 2007 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Eagle's Prophecy" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Eagle's Conquest" First published in 2001 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "When the Eagle Hunts" First published in 2001 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Under the Eagle" First published in 2000 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Praetorian" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Invictus" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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