Centurion
Roman legionnaires Marco and Cato continue their martial adventures in the eighth installment of Scarrow’s splendid Eagle series. When another remote corner of the vast Roman empire is threatened, the Second Illyrian Cohort is sent to Palmyra, an oasis city in the middle of the Syrian desert, to quell the double threats of rebellion and invasion. As the cohort prepares to ward off the Parthians long enough to buy sufficient time for reinforcements to arrive on the scene, the two indomitable comrades must vie with both overt and insidious enemies. Military and political intrigue abounds as combat positions are staked out, and the historical and literary stage is authentically set for a series of sizzling battle scenes. --Margaret Flanagan--This text refers to an alternateHardcoveredition.