Review: Terrific historical adventure at its finest!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2014
"The Wolves of Rome" is tense and thrilling from the opening pages, and it sweeps the reader along effortlessly. It plunges you into vividly-realized, sweeping battles, full of finely-researched detail and visceral imagery. Yet it never loses sight of the characters. It's a very human novel, and you get to appreciate the grand spectacle of these amazing battles through the eyes of characters you actually care about.Hannibal is vividly rendered. I've always wanted to know more about the legendary man who led a war party with elephant mounts through the mountains to attack the Roman Empire, and Christopher Lee Buckner's "Wolves of Rome" gave me the opportunity to do so in the most enjoyable, thrilling way possible. The novel really makes you feel like you were living in those times. Gaius is a likeable hero with clear-cut goals and dreams, and I found myself really rooting for him.Full of pulse-pounding action, excellent writing and note-perfect research, "Wolves" is the kind of historical epic I wish there was more of -- the kind that sweeps you along in a hard-charging, blood-soaked adventure. I hope there's more coming!