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When Centurion Macro arrives on British soil as one of Emperor Claudius's invasion force in 43 AD, he is facing one of the toughest campaigns of his battle-scarred career. In a series of bloody skirmishes, Macro and his young subordinate, Optio Cato, and the desperately outnumbered Roman army must find and defeat the enemy before he grows strong enough to overwhelm the legions. But the Britons are not the only foe facing Macro and Cato. A sinister organisation opposed to the Emperor is secretly betraying the invaders. And when rumours of an assassination attempt coincide with the Emperor's…
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3 editions- Paperback · English · 2004St. Martin's Griffin · 320 pages · 9780312305345
- Other · English · 2003Thorndike Press · 615 pages · 9780786251148
- Other · English · 2002Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press · 310 pages · 9780312305338
FictionRomansAttempted assassinationHistoryInvasionsLarge type booksFiction, historicalFiction, historical, general