Review: Wow!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 25, 2013
Firstly note to author - invest in a illustrator as you need a much better cover art in future this doesn't do it justice, also write longer books you have the talent the ability and the knowledge, 118 pages is way to short and along with the price may put people off.Onto the book, stories around the time of the end of the Roman Empire in the west and specifically Britain are few and far between, especially ones that attempt to create an Alternate future in which roman power at least in Britain does not collapse.The slight change the author introduces in this book is that a roman optio based in deva invents by accident the stirrup (I had to look it up it was invented in the Middle Ages according to Wikipedia) and along with certain characters in the political class of Britannia who see the future writing on the wall start to reverse the tide of history.Great main characters and the author gives great descriptions to the decay all around Britain in the later days of the empire whether its from broken roof tiles to the lack of men on hadrians wall to the worried atmosphere in the marketplaces you can almost picture it.Why is it that the book I read previously was over 700 pages long and was utter rubbish and then you find a gem that is a mere 118 pages.Author please hurry up with Book 2 and I hope you write many more in this new world you are creating.Highly highly recommended (just write longer next time!!).Phil