SUMMARY: Bestselling Simon Scarrow's brilliant adventure novels about the Roman army appear in B-format. It is spring 45 AD and Centurions Macro and Cato, dismissed from the Second Legion in Britain, are trapped in Rome, waiting for their involvement in the death of a fellow officer to be investig
The Eagle's Prophecy
β Scribed by Scarrow, Simon
- Book ID
- 108588259
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 547 KB
- Series
- Cato 6
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780312565268
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β¦ Synopsis
The arresting sixth novel in Simon Scarrow's epic series of the Roman army
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It is spring ad 45 in Rome, and Centurions Macro and Cato, dismissed from the Second Legion in Britain, are waiting for an investigation into their involvement in the death of a fellow officer. It is then that the imperial secretary, the devious Narcissus, makes them an offer they can't refuse: to rescue an imperial agent who has been captured by pirates operating off the Illyrian coast. With him were scrolls vital to the safety of the emperor and the future of Rome.
But Narcissus also sends Vitellius, an old enemy of the two centurions. The three officers set out from Ravenna with the imperial fleet but the pirates are forewarned and the Romans pay a heavy price. Outnumbered by the enemy, surrounded by rumors of treachery, and endangered by Vitellius's desire to redeem himself, Centurions Macro and Cato must find the pirate base to avert a disaster that could...
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### From Publishers Weekly The sixth installment (following 2005's _The Eagle's Prey_) of Scarrow's popular Roman Empire series is a combustible concoction of intrigue, treachery and violence. Having returned to Rome from Britain to await an investigation into their involvement in the death of an o
EDITORIAL REVIEW: *The arresting sixth novel in Simon ScarrowΠ²Πβ’s epic series of the Roman army* ** It is spring ad 45 in Rome, and Centurions Macro and Cato, dismissed from the Second Legion in Britain, are waiting for an investigation into their involvement in the death of a fellow officer. It
EDITORIAL REVIEW: *The arresting sixth novel in Simon ScarrowΠ²Πβ’s epic series of the Roman army* ** It is spring ad 45 in Rome, and Centurions Macro and Cato, dismissed from the Second Legion in Britain, are waiting for an investigation into their involvement in the death of a fellow officer. It is
EDITORIAL REVIEW: *The arresting sixth novel in Simon ScarrowΠ²Πβ’s epic series of the Roman army* ** It is spring ad 45 in Rome, and Centurions Macro and Cato, dismissed from the Second Legion in Britain, are waiting for an investigation into their involvement in the death of a fellow officer. It