Publisher: London: Hodder & Stoughton 2009
Annotation: An action-packed story with a dramatic tone, this novel is set in the second century, in a time of revolt against the powerful and militaristic Roman Empire.It is about a Roman centurion named Marcus Valerius Aquila, who very shortly after his landing at Britannia, is forced to flee for his life rather than suffer a dishonourable death at the hands of the current emperor, Commodus, who is mad for power. After taking on a new name, becomes stationed at Hadrian's Wall, the plan was to wait in obscurity until the time came for justice, but an attack on Hadrian's Wall from the north by a rebel army forces Marcus to lead on the front lines of a brutal, violent war.
This thrilling novel is the first of the Empire trilogy.
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