Book description
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. As their 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? And can they
find some way to rescue them before time runs out? The third in
Scarrow's historical series featuring hardbitten Roman centurion Macro
and his young sidekick Cato - and it's probably the best... Rollicking
good fun' The bestseller The Gladiator is the ninth novel in Simon
Scarrow's Roman series about Macro and Cato, heroes of the Roman army.
Other novels in the series include the No. 1 bestseller Centurion, as
well as Under The Eagle, The Eagle's Conquest and The Eagle and the
Wolves. Simon Scarrow is also the author of a series of novels about the
lives of the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte. Young Bloods,
The Generals and Fire and Sword have been published to warm acclaim, and
the final volume, Fields of Death, will be published in 2010. To find
out more about Simon Scarrow and his novels, visit www. scarrow. co. uk.
