Britain 43 AD: after a series of bloody battles, Camulodunum (modern-day Colchester) has fallen to the invading Roman army. The Emperor has returned to Rome, leaving the fearless Centurion Macro and his young Optio, Cato, to rest and regroup, along with the rest of the Second Legion. But trouble is not far ahead and as their noble leader General Plautius plans the next phase of their campaign, word arrives that the ship carrying his family to join him was wrecked in a storm off the south coast. His wife and children have ...
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Britain 43 AD: after a series of bloody battles, Camulodunum (modern-day Colchester) has fallen to the invading Roman army. The Emperor has returned to Rome, leaving the fearless Centurion Macro and his young Optio, Cato, to rest and regroup, along with the rest of the Second Legion. But trouble is not far ahead and as their noble leader General Plautius plans the next phase of their campaign, word arrives that the ship carrying his family to join him was wrecked in a storm off the south coast. His wife and children have fallen into the hands of a dark sect of Druids, who now demand the return of those of their brotherhood taken prisoner by the Romans. Unless their demands are met within one month, Plautius's family will be burned alive. Will Cato and Macro discover where the Druids are hiding their hostages? Can they find some way to rescue them before time runs out?
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book First edition, first printing, hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt titles. 274 pages. Very good with pages tanned, head/tail of spine bumped and bottom corners lightly bumped, in a very good, mylar-covered dust jacket with light edgewear and a long but faint scratch to rear panel. The third novel in this excellent series featuring Roman centurion Macro and his optio, Cato, set in Roman Britain.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book First edition, first printing, hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt titles. 274 pages. Very good with pages tanned, head/tail of spine bumped, in a very good, mylar-covered dust jacket with light edgewear and a long but faint scratch to rear panel. The third novel in this excellent series featuring Roman centurion Macro and his optio, Cato, set in Roman Britain.