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The Eagle's Prey

The Eagle's Prey

Paperback

Series: Eagle, Book 5

Mystery & ThrillerHistorical Fiction

Publisher Price: $24.00

ISBN10: 0312374798
ISBN13: 9780312374792
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: Jul 22 2008
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

The mighty Roman army faces Britain's defiant tribes in this epic fifth novel of Simon Scarrow's acclaimed series, The Eagle's Prey.

It is late summer a.d. 44 and the battle-weary Roman legions are in their second year of campaigning against the British tribes. The troops' commander, General Plautius, is under considerable pressure from the emperor to crush the natives once and for all. Centurions Macro and Cato are with the crack Second Legion under the precarious leadership of Centurion Maximus and it is their task to hold a ford across the river Tamesis when the natives are forced into a trap.

But Maximus's nerve breaks at the critical point, allowing the enemy leader, Caratacus, and his men to escape. Outraged by this failure, General Plautius orders the annihilation of the unit. Their choice: die or escape to become fugitives pursued by soldiers of their own ruthless army. Hiding from their former comrades, as well as the Britons, Cato's small band of fugitives have only one chance to redeem themselves before they are hunted down like animals.

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