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The Eagle's Apprentice
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Series: Strength & Honour, Book 1
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ISBN10: 0473770393
ISBN13: 9780473770396
Publisher: Benedict Cross Publishing
Published: Nov 26 2025
Pages: 434
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.08 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780473770396
Publisher: Benedict Cross Publishing
Published: Nov 26 2025
Pages: 434
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.08 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Strength & Honour: The Eagle's Apprentice
Book I of the Strength & Honour Saga
Rome does not reward dreams.
It breaks them-and reforges the survivors.
Marcus Aelius Maxentus leaves his family's farm in Hispania chasing the promise of glory in the legions. What he finds instead is the frozen, blood-soaked frontier beyond the Danube, where Rome's wars grind men down as efficiently as any enemy blade.
Book I of the Strength & Honour Saga
Rome does not reward dreams.
It breaks them-and reforges the survivors.
Marcus Aelius Maxentus leaves his family's farm in Hispania chasing the promise of glory in the legions. What he finds instead is the frozen, blood-soaked frontier beyond the Danube, where Rome's wars grind men down as efficiently as any enemy blade.
A nobody among thousands, Maxentus is forged by brutal training, relentless discipline, and the hard brotherhood of soldiers who know that survival depends on the man beside them. Under the stern eye of Centurion Varro, he learns that true courage is not found in heroic charges-but in standing fast when fear and exhaustion demand surrender.
Yet the deadliest threats do not always come from the forests of Germania.
Ambition, rivalry, and quiet betrayals simmer within the ranks. When a disastrous campaign shatters command and plunges the legion into chaos, Maxentus is forced into a crucible that will test not only his skill with steel, but his loyalty, honour, and the kind of man he is willing to become.
With winter closing in and enemies gathering both beyond the frontier and within the shields, Maxentus must rise-or vanish, another forgotten name carved into Rome's unforgiving wars.
A gritty, character-driven Roman military epic for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Simon Scarrow, Conn Iggulden, and Anthony Riches.
Before the legend, there was the soldier.
Yet the deadliest threats do not always come from the forests of Germania.
Ambition, rivalry, and quiet betrayals simmer within the ranks. When a disastrous campaign shatters command and plunges the legion into chaos, Maxentus is forced into a crucible that will test not only his skill with steel, but his loyalty, honour, and the kind of man he is willing to become.
With winter closing in and enemies gathering both beyond the frontier and within the shields, Maxentus must rise-or vanish, another forgotten name carved into Rome's unforgiving wars.
A gritty, character-driven Roman military epic for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Simon Scarrow, Conn Iggulden, and Anthony Riches.
Before the legend, there was the soldier.
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