"A diverse and engrossing cast of characters...provocative, diverting." --Chicago Tribune Emma wakes up one morning to an apocalyptic world. The cozy existence she shares with her grandmother, an eccentric retired actress known to all as Madam, has been shattered: there's no post, no telephone, no
Britannia
✍ Scribed by Scarrow, Simon
- Publisher
- d-Heyne TB;Wilhelm Heyne Verglag
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 497 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Britannien, A. D. 52: Die westlichen Stämme planen einen Aufstand. Während Centurio Macro seine Wunden pflegen muss, führt Präfekt Cato eine Legion gegen die Stammeskämpfer an. Doch der Winter naht. Cato und seine Männer kämpfen gegen erbarmungslose Kälte und tödliche Schneestürme. Unterdessen kommt Macro ein schrecklicher Verdacht. Soll Catos Truppe im Zeichen einer Intrige geopfert werden? Schon bald merken die beiden Blutsbrüder, dass ihre Feinde überall lauern ...
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